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The Good Karma Refuge for Elephants
Paperback
Publisher Price: $15.95
ISBN13: 9780645853131
Publisher: Conch Books
Published: Nov 14 2025
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Rob Forbes returns to his childhood home of Zimbabwe, Africa after decades away, he doesn't plan to stay long. A big job back in London awaits.
But he finds himself questioning his priorities amid the open-hearted exuberance of people who have so little compared to his wealthy colleagues; a powerful reconnection to the animals and wild places he loved as a child, and his growing friendship with Tibetan guru and neighbor, Rinpoche.
What if it is possible to live with the same ineffable lightness as the intriguing lama? Why is the joy of ubuntu - community - felt in the most improbable places? And could an orphaned elephant calf change his life?
Michie brings the Buddha's teachings to life through an engaging and enjoyable story showing the power that loving kindness and community have in creating the ideal conditions for awakening.
Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Change
This book, like the jewels Rinpoche speaks of, is to be treasured. a story that perfectly explains the infinite connections between humans, animals and nature so central to my own life here in Zimbabwe.
Sarah Carter, Co-Founder, The Twala Trust Animal Sanctuary
A powerful story around the rescue of Kadiki, a baby elephant. Wonderfully crafted around very real issues within Zimbabwe, the descriptions of people and places are impossible not to recognise. Magical!
Roxy Danckwerts, Founder, Wild is Life/Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery
A charming story of belonging and purpose, illuminated by the transformative practice of guru yoga.
Kimberly Brown, author of Happy Relationships and Steady, Calm, and Brave
From the first page to the last, readers will be immersed in this peaceful vista of stunning beauty, long-held customs ... Africa is a state of being as much as a place.
Publishers Weekly (Booklife Review)
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