"Leaving Time" For Elephants - Jodi Picoult

At the heart of Jodi Picoult's new novel, Leaving Time, there is a disappearance of an elephant researcher. The novel's focus on elephants brought Picoult to research the beleaguered animals for months, when she learned about their amazing emotional intelligence and empathy for those they live with. Picoult speaks about the elephant's "rituals" surrounding death, and how they're so poached inside of Africa that they face a very certain fate, if we don't intervene. Picoult will be speakign about her book and elephants at National Geographic Headquarters for a Live talk on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Tickets are available here.