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'Hannah Bird has just arrived in Thailand. Disoriented and out of her depth, she meets Deven, a fierce and gutsy Australian expat who sweeps her into thrilling adventures rescuing elephants.
'As they head deeper and deeper into the fraught world of elephant tourism, their lives become tangled in ways Hannah never imagined. But how far will they go to save a life?
'Hannah is about to make a critical decision from which there will be no turning back, with shattering consequences.'
Source : publisher's blurb
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Faithful Tales of Life
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 April 2021; (p. 17)
— Review of Friends and Dark Shapes 2021 single work novel ; The Breaking 2021 single work novel ; Chasing the McCubbin 2021 single work novel -
Irma Gold, The Breaking
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 20-26 March 2021;
— Review of The Breaking 2021 single work novel'The title of Irma Gold’s debut novel, The Breaking, is as ominous as it sounds. It refers to the systematic and torturous process by which the spirits of elephant calves are broken to the point where they are deemed malleable enough to start work within the tourism industry in whatever capacity, from circus fodder to passenger carriers.' (Introduction)
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Irma Gold : The Breaking
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2021;
— Review of The Breaking 2021 single work novel'Canberra writer Irma Gold brings her passion for elephants to her debut novel.'
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Irma Gold : The Breaking
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2021;
— Review of The Breaking 2021 single work novel'Canberra writer Irma Gold brings her passion for elephants to her debut novel.'
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Irma Gold, The Breaking
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 20-26 March 2021;
— Review of The Breaking 2021 single work novel'The title of Irma Gold’s debut novel, The Breaking, is as ominous as it sounds. It refers to the systematic and torturous process by which the spirits of elephant calves are broken to the point where they are deemed malleable enough to start work within the tourism industry in whatever capacity, from circus fodder to passenger carriers.' (Introduction)
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Faithful Tales of Life
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 April 2021; (p. 17)
— Review of Friends and Dark Shapes 2021 single work novel ; The Breaking 2021 single work novel ; Chasing the McCubbin 2021 single work novel
Awards
- 2021 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Writing
- 2021 shortlisted ACT Notable Awards — Fiction — Big Press
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cThailand,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
