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Book cover for "The Color of the Elephant"

The Color of the Elephant: Memoir of a Muzungu

At turns harrowing, playful, dewy-eyed and wise, The Color of the Elephant takes the reader on a “time-machine tour” of the author’s Peace Corps volunteer service as a health worker and educator from 2004–2006 in Zambia.

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“Hilarious and heartbreaking…”

“An engaging, polished memoir… with no shortage of self-effacing humor.”

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Author Christine Herbert

About the Author

Christine Herbert is a part-time writer, part-time bodyworker, and full-time space cadet currently living in the Pacific Northwest. A dyed-in-the-wool introvert, she occasionally surprises everyone—especially herself—by chucking it all and living an adventurous life of service overseas, once as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia and later as a manager for a non-profit organization in Nepal. When not adventuring off to distant lands, she can be found holed up in her cozy apartment surrounded by storybooks and wheels of cheese.

Christine loves connecting with fellow writers, readers, globetrotters, and woolgatherers. She can be followed on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for news about upcoming releases, the latest scoops that uplift and encourage the human spirit, and travel snaps of her adventures abroad.

“Through the process of writing my experiences… what I’ve gained is a suppleness to how I view the world.”