When Elephants Fly: One Woman's Journey from Wall Street to Zululand [Paperback]

Carol Batrus (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (August 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555915655
• ISBN-13: 978-1555915650
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,054,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars African Idyll? Read this book!, September 27, 2005

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Sue M. (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Elephants Fly: One Woman's Journey from Wall Street to Zululand (Paperback)

For those of us Wall Street women warriors who dream of change, Batrus details her odyssey from Wall Street to Zululand with such humor, poignancy and intelligence that it makes those dreams seem attainable for us. This fact-filled charmer of her personal growth and self-discovery set into an African backdrop endorses notions of happiness and fulfillment that can be achieved by acting for the good of community. She is a gifted storyteller with courage to face her fears and let her heart be her guide. When will she write her next book?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book, November 4, 2006

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Robert Girling (Berkeley) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Elephants Fly: One Woman's Journey from Wall Street to Zululand (Paperback)

This book is an inspiration! I am an inveterate reader of travel literature. When I saw this book in my local independent book dealer I was intrigued by the subtitle--One womans journey from Wall street to Zululand!~ Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. Carol is a marvelous story teller and her honesty and transparency are thoroughly disarming. She lets the reader into her life and into daily life in Zululand.
I learned so much that I decided to adopt it as a supplementary text in my University level class in the business school. Students need to learn that they can do well by doing good and that they can, as Carol Batrus does so graciously, overcome life's challenges. When I came the end of the book, I did not want it to end--so I read the acknowledgements page. There I discovered the name of a former student and colleague--who I immediately wrote and asked her to put me in touch with the author.
A few month's later Carol Batrus came and spoke with my class at the University and I discovered that she is as charming in life as in her book!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a trip thru life, September 27, 2005

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William James - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Elephants Fly: One Woman's Journey from Wall Street to Zululand (Paperback)

Carol Batrus captures the flavor of finding oneself in the oft difficult world of 20th and 21st Century America through living in Africa. By way of her travails she discovers,in no particular order, life, herself, a whole new culture, and a myriad of friends that make life as fulfilling as could be for one who persues it. Uplifting and inspriational. A terrific read.