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Rather than a retrospective, this narrative unfolds in the present tense, propelling the reader alongside the memoirist through a fascinating exploration of a life lived \u201coff the grid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-italic\">At turns harrowing, playful, dewy-eyed and wise, the author\u2019s heart and candor illuminate every chapter, whether she is the heroine of the tale or her own worst enemy. Even at her most petulant, the laugh-out-loud humor scuppers any \u201cwhite savior\u201d mentality and lays bare the undeniable humanity\u2014and humility\u2014of the storyteller. Through it all, an undeniable love for Zambia\u2014its people, land and culture\u2014shines through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-italic\">A must-read for the armchair adventurer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An outstanding new voice in memoir, Christine Herbert takes the reader on a \u201ctime-machine tour\u201d of her Peace Corps volunteer service as a health worker and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[76,61,87,380],"product_tag":[554,552,553,540],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Color of the Elephant - GenZ Publishing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genzpublishing.org\/product\/the-color-of-the-elephant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Color of the Elephant - 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