The 168-page book includes more than 150 stunning wildlife and nature photos shot in the remote jungles of the Peruvian Amazon. Kirkpatrick worked on the project for almost 10 years, making many trips to Peru to compile the incredible photos captured in the book.
Featured subjects include brilliant tropical birds, colorful poison dart frogs, venomous snakes, playful monkeys, vibrant jungle flowers, breathtaking rainforest landscapes, and panoramic shots of the mighty Amazon River.
But Romancing the Rain is not a biological study or "save the rain forest" book. Instead, the concept behind the book is love. Using Kirkpatrick's passion for the Amazon as an analogy for all kinds of relationships, Romancing the Rain explores the difference between a fleeting attraction based on a romanticized ideal, and an enduring love firmly grounded in reality. The text of Romancing the Rain is divided into four sections - Enchantment, Disenchantment, Work, and Longevity - which represent the four phases of romantic love. These phases apply to any kind of love - love between a man and a woman, a parent and a child, an individual and a career, or in this case, a person and a place.
Text for Romancing the Rain was written by Kirkpatrick's wife, author Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick, who accompanied her husband on several of his Amazon expeditions.
