The Elephant of Belfast: A Novel

Based on true events and essential reading for fans of historical and literary fiction, The Elephant of Belfast follows a young zookeeper and the elephant she fights to protect during the Belfast Blitz—a moving tale that captures both the deep tragedy of WWII and the sectarian tensions still echoing in Northern Ireland today

Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named V...