Book Review - Wildflower

Wildflower by Mark Seal
Hachette, $32.99

This is the true story of naturalist Joan Root’s adventurous life in the wilds of Kenya. A beautiful, competent and fearless woman married to a flamboyant wildlife filmmaker, Root and her husband Alan were pioneers of wildlife films and conservation in Africa. When he leaves her, a desolate Joan struggles to rebuild her life in an increasingly dangerous country, isolated on the shores of her beloved Lake Naivashu. Refusing to leave under pressure from poachers and the farmers who are destroying the fragile ecology of the area, she is defiant and fearless to the end.