Alice Metcalf is unlucky in love and was fired from her last job. She is on a tenuous footing in her current one, and has just received the worst news of her life. But when she comes across a family of elephants, killed for their ivory, she can't abandon the surviving calf. Trying to hide a hundred-pound baby elephant in her camp may be difficult, but Alice is ready to break all the rules to save the one life she can.

A haunting, beautifully told prequel to Jodi's upcoming novel Leaving Time.

Bonus content - includes the first chapter of Jodi Picoult's next bestseller Leaving Time. Leaving Time will be published in October 2014. Available for pre-order now!