An elephant in my kitchen : what the herd taught me about love, courage and survival / Françoise Malby-Anthony with Katja Willemsen.

The only walls between humans and elephants are the ones we put up ourselves -- Falling in love with Thabo -- Poaching is war -- Magic money tree -- Reality strikes -- Enfant terrible -- French temperament -- Baby Thula -- Long live the king -- dangerous deals -- Courage is doing what you're afraid to do -- Ubuntu -- Stars are brighter in Africa -- How do I keep you safe? -- Never give up -- An elephant in my kitchen -- Follow your dreams, they know the way -- Ellie -- And then there were seven -- Silent killers -- Only when the well dries do we know the value of water -- Rather a live rhino without a horn than a dead rhino without one -- The hippo who hated water -- Love in the bush -- Nowhere is safe -- Keeping the dream alive -- Frankie vs Frankie.

"A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist Lawrence Anthony and everything changed. After Lawrence's death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn't take orders from a woman and the authorities were threatening to cull their beloved elephant family. On top of that, the herd's feisty new matriarch Frankie didn't like her. In this heart-warming and moving book, Françoise describes how she fought to protect the herd and to make her dream of building a wildlife rescue center a reality. She found herself caring for a lost baby elephant who turned up at her house, and offering refuge to traumatized orphaned rhinos, and a hippo called Charlie who was scared of water. As she learned to trust herself, she discovered she'd had Frankie wrong all along."--