"The gripping story of a daughter searching for her missing mother - and one of her most powerful and affecting novels yet. Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment... or worse. Still Jenna - now 13 years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief - steadfastly refuses to believe in her mother's desertion."--Publisher's description.