Dr. Natalie DeAngelo, a North Carolina Veterinarian, is still suffering from PTSD after a year of therapy trying to deal with the loss of both of her young sons in a school shooting. Needing to escape everything she can no longer call home, she puts her house on the market, puts her practice on half time, and moves to Thailand to volunteer at an elephant sanctuary. Natalie immediately realizes she will be working under the hostile on-site Veterinarian, Dr. Peter Hatcher, who doesn’t want her there. She becomes immersed in an intense series of events that will consume her, almost break her, and finally force a self-actualization that will lead her down the pot-holed road to emotional healing.
This perfectly paced narrative is filled with lush descriptions of the scents and sounds of the sweltering jungles of Thailand and the animals that inhabit the sanctuary and surrounding area. Langley expertly plumbs the depths of both the emotional pain and the coping mechanisms people manifest just to stay standing when they are debilitated by an intense emotional crisis. At the same time, she explores the outward signs of emotional distress suffered by animals that manifest in unacceptable behavioral outbursts. Yes, elephants can have PTSD. A few intriguing insertions into the story are the POV sections that allow us into the head of the elephant, Sophie, as she tries to understand her situation and the handlers around her.
As the story unfolds and we get to know Natalie, we begin to think we have a handle on the “whys” behind the depth of her mental agony over the loss of her sons, but eventually a jaw-dropping revelation will expose a truth that will leave you reeling. This plot twist/addition is handled so deftly you will never see it coming. Langley does this again with the grudge-holding Dr Hatcher, exposing the truth behind his antagonism towards his co-worker, Natalie. Langley is a master at peeling back the onion layers.
The Mourning Parade is, in my opinion, an excellent piece of literary fiction. It’s rich and satisfying; the characters are intelligent adults struggling with difficult situations; it’s a read you won't soon forget.
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If you have not read this beautiful heartfelt story you should.
The Mourning ParadeBy Dawn Reno Langley350 pagesDescriptionNatalie DeAngelo lost everything the day her two young sons were killed in a school shooting. Desperate to find relief from her unspeakable loss, she volunteers as a veterinarian on an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, but soon realizes she may be in over her head. Battling the memories that torment her day and night, Natalie must find a way to heal an angry, injured elephant named Sophie. Through love, acceptance, and gentle care, Natalie and Sophie heal together, finding new ways to enjoy life again.📚📙My Review📙 📚The Mourning Parade is a captivating, intriguing, and a very emotional novel. I could not put the book down; turning the pages as fast as i could. I started this book early in the morning and finished it that evening. Her writing was so vivid, that I felt what the characters were feeling and it Seemed like I was in Thailand with the elephants ! There are so many wonderful characters in this book and they were well developed. Hoping to dull the pain of losing her two sons in a school shooting, divorced veterinarian Natalie DeAngelo volunteers for a one-year stint at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. She does not tell anyone of the awful tragedy in her past. Taking care of the endangered animals is her way of escaping her pain. But she soon realizes she may be in over her head when she faces three major challenges: her debilitating PTSD is creating night terrors; Peter Hatcher, the sanctuary’s in-house vet, has a longtime grudge against her and wants desperately for her to fail; and Sophie, a female elephant with a raging leg infection and PTSD caused by human abuse, who will be put down if Natalie’s rehabilitation efforts fail.This story has such an realistic plot that it is easy to forget your not there. I dont want to give away too much of the book but to make sure i gave you just enough to pull you in. If you have not read this beautiful heartfelt story you should.
