num_pages: 299
description: It's the middle of the night in the Namibian desert when Tammie Matson wakes to find two bull elephants standing just inches from her head. Totally vulnerable in her tiny tent, she promises the night: 'If you just let me survive tonight I will give up Africa. I'll give it all up. Just don't let them stand on me.'It's not a promise she will easily keep. At 29, Tammie has spent half her life in Africa working as a conservationist. Africa - with its big skies and extraordinary wildlife - is her first love, and Tammie has just landed her dream gig researching human-elephant conflict.But as her thirties approach, Tammie is conscious that Africa has left little room for pursuit of dreams that are becoming increasingly important: a partner, kids, a house ... With her visa running out and close to broke, it seems like Africa may just force Tammie to give it up after all.On returning to Australia, Tammie unexpectedly lands a job at the World Wide Fund for Nature in Sydney. There she meets Andy, a charismatic Brit, and Africa suddenly has a rival. But she's not ready to give up on the elephants yet....From the magic of Bushmanland in Namibia to the civil strife of Assam, India, Elephant Dance takes us to the heart of a quest for elephants to live peacefully in a world with too many people and too little space.Passionate, funny, and wise, Elephant Dance is also a young woman's story of self-discovery, love and the courage it takes to follow a calling, especially when life has other plans.
language: English
title: Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited