Books

11/6/2014

Out of the Fire into the Frying Pan, written by Nikky Rattray – owner of Fugitive’s Drift Lodge, is due to be released in November. The tale reveals the story of the Rattray family as they transformed a delapidated cattle farm in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa into South Africa's top historical lodge, where guests are absorbed by the spellbinding tales that emerged from the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 at Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift. In doing so, they pioneered a new concept of Heritage Tourism, which continues to flourish and grow. This story of the lodge's first 25 years is told with touching humor, honesty and modesty. The ingredients are diverse, including numerous personal stories of life at Fugitive's Drift, some comic and some dramatically gripping, peppered with favorite recipes - ready to be read with a glass of good wine and a large spoonful of laughter. Copies of the book can be ordered here.

International bestselling author, Jodi Picoult’s new book Leaving Time (available at Amazon) has a very affectionate association with Mashatu Camp in Botswana. The concept of how elephants display and deal with grief is a focal point of her 24th novel, which is partly set at Mashatu, where she had a close working relationship with Jeanetta Selier, the camp’s resident elephant scientist. Jodi was so moved during her visit to Mashatu in 2013, that she has also written a fictional e-book about the powerful protective instincts between a mother elephant and her calf. The Kindle version is called Larger Than Life and is also available on Amazon.

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