MP3 CD Format Delving deep into an intricate web of unlikely heroes, power struggles, and living legends,  Elephants in the Hourglass  takes listeners on an extraordinary journey of discovery. In her nonfiction debut, Kim Frank blends personal narrative, vivid descriptions, and meticulous research as she illuminates the ways we seek to survive on our rapidly changing planet. Kim is a female explorer who found her life completely changed as she was drawn deeper and deeper into the plight of the remarkable Asian elephant. For Kim, once she learned about the intense, multi-faceted, but little-known conflict between humans and elephants in North India, she was unable to rest until she had learned more and told this story to the outside world. This was a place and topic totally unknown to her. Up until that point, Kim was an ordinary mom and emerging writer. After a fraught divorce, she felt a need to recapture her own voice and expand her world, and so she set out to the Himalaya with the goal of telling a story worthy of  National Geographic . What Kim experienced would change her life. Filled with unforgettable characters and encounters with one of the most sensitive, intelligent, and awe-inspiring creatures on the planet,  Elephants in the Hourglass  will inspire listeners to pursue their goals and be a force for change in unexpected places. "Sharp observations fill this powerful book...a captivating environmental memoir that addresses global issues related to technology, development, culture change, and gender roles in addition to examining the decline of an endangered species." -- "Foreword Reviews" "To travel along with Kim Frank and share her experience finding wild elephants is mesmerizing." -- "Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, New York Times bestselling author" Kim Frank is an award-winning writer and photographer whose work has been published in the Explorers Journal, Sidetracked, Oceanographic, Earth Island Journal, American Literary Review, SVPN (where she also served as editor), and more. Projects include the books Born to Ice with National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen and Amaze with SeaLegacy founder Cristina Mittermeier, and writing/directing the documentary Where the Forest Roars. She is a fellow of The Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society, with a Master of Fine Arts from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice.