• The Memory of an Elephant

  • By: Alex Lasker
  • Narrated by: Scott Fleming
  • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (197 ratings)

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The Memory of an Elephant

By: Alex Lasker
Narrated by: Scott Fleming
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Publisher's summary

The Memory of an Elephant is an epic saga told by an aging African elephant as he makes a last, perilous journey to find the humans who rescued him as an orphan some fifty years ago. Interwoven with his narrative are the tumultuous lives of the family who raised and then lost him.

This timeless story is alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking, spanning east Africa, Great Britain, and New York from 1962 to 2015.

©2021 Alex Lasker (P)2022 Alex Lasker

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  • 02-26-24

The “truth” of the novel. The possibility!

The narration fits the story. The entire life span of an elephant in one novel.

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Phenomenal

I have loved elephants since I can remember. This book was recommended to me and I’m so thankful. It’s extremely well written and the narration is top notch. It was extremely easy to lose myself in the story. I felt like I was there on the African plains among the heard. I felt the highs and lows of every interaction, human and animal.

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Very emotional

A heart full adventure of an elephant name Eishe. You feel as though you have found a friend that you love and want to be with every moment. It displays the side of Good vs Evilness in life. Overall sad at times but a great story of the life of what elephants go though. A great insight to what we humans put these animals though. Love the book.

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This book was informative, sad, moving, eye opening, and gripping. Hoping an end can be put to poaching!

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Heartwarming

Loved this book beginning to end. Makes you wonder sometimes about humanity and how truly intelligent our fellow animals really are.

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wonderful

I really enjoyed the insights into elephant life. the progression of the characters, and of attitudes about animal conservation were also very good.

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Loved this book!

I loved this story as told through Ishi an aging bull elephant. The narrator was excellent.

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With an elephant's voice...

A remarkable, beautifully written story told also by the elephant's themselves. Compelling how the real science has been incredibly woven into the story about these magnificent animals. Loved this book....a classic!

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Loved this!

Thank you for writing this touching story. It is thought provoking and leaves the reader feeling deeply.

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for all animal lovers

It is an amazing and heart wrenching story telling! Thoroughly enjoyed it, both animals and human journeys.

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