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THE WILL OF HEAVEN is the powerful true story of how one woman overcame a debilitating addiction-rising from the courtrooms of her past to the grass plains of Kenya as a conservation research scientist. It was there she could finally fulfill her lifelong dream of working with wild elephants. Debbie Ethell became obsessed by a group of elephants in Kenya when she was eight years old after seeing them on a PBS nature show. Over the next several years, her obsession grew-until a group of school bullies left her contemplating suicide. By the time she was twenty-six, an addiction to alcohol robbed her of nearly everything except her dreams ... and it nearly took those too. Left with one final option and more judges in her life than friends, she entered a treatment center and then a halfway house, where she slowly learned how to live life sober. THE WILL OF HEAVEN vividly captures her serendipitous journey as she discovers her inner strength-not unlike that of the elephants whose stories she tells. Part biography, part revelation, this story will inspire others to reach further than they ever thought they could. Above all, it conveys a strong message of hope, both for elephants fighting to survive poaching and for alcoholics fighting to survive addiction.

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Debbie's deeply personal account of her addiction, recovery and building a new life dedicated to conservation would be compelling and deeply moving if told on its own, but combined with the insights and stories of the remarkable elephants that encouraged her recovery, her story is elevated to a truly inspiring memoir. You are guaranteed to learn something about the world reading this book, and I think it will leave you feeling very hopeful. However desperate the challenges, together we can overcome adversity to secure a future for elephants, and ourselves. -Dr. Lucy Bates, Research Fellow, University of Sussex

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Debbie Ethell has followed a group of more than 400 elephants since she was eight years old. She is the founder and former executive director of The KOTA Foundation for Elephants as well as a conservation research scientist. She currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Please visit her website at debbieethell.com to learn more.

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