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March 9, 2021

By: Tree Langdon
From: Good Men Project

Elephants Teach Us About Love and Grief

An examination of spirituality and the afterlife.

Elephants hold space for each other’s grief, no matter how long it takes.

A talented author with a gift for weaving together complex themes, Jodi Picoult has written a masterwork about love and loss and elephants and family relationships.

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