The Girl and the Tiger

Name: The Girl and the Tiger
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Paul Rosolie
ISBN: 9781094083520

Author: Paul Rosolie

Narrator: Deepti Gupta

Unabridged: 14 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 09/17/2019

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Isha is a girl who loves animals but struggles in the confines of school. When she is sent away to live with her grandparents on the Indian countryside, she discovers a sacred grove where a young Bengal tiger has taken refuge. Isha knows that the ever-shrinking forests of India mean there are few places left for a tiger to hide. When the local villagers also discover the tiger, Isha finds herself embroiled in a life-or-death cultural controversy. Isha’s crusade to save the tiger becomes the catalyst of an arduous journey of awakening and survival across the changing landscape of modernizing India. Her encounters with tribal people, elephants, and her search for the wild jungle are the source of her revelations about the human relationship to the natural world in a gripping story of determination, discovery, and coming of age.

About Paul Rosolie

Paul Rosolie is a naturalist and award-winning wildlife filmmaker who has specialized in rainforests and endangered wildlife for over a decade. He appeared on Discovery Channel’s Eaten Alive and Netflix’s 72 Dangerous Animals. He has also written for National Geographic and is the author of Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tribuaries of the Western Amazon.

About Deepti Gupta

Fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and English, Deepti Gupta has an international career spread across India, Singapore, Pakistan, and the United States. As a narrator she brings an open and curious perspective to the author's work. Her natural global/international accent makes her a great choice for an author who is writing to appeal to a global readership/listenership. As an actress she has earned praise from the New York Times for her performance in the feature film Walkaway, and also stars in Record/Play (a sci-fi love story) which was an official selection at Sundance 2013. She earned her MFA in acting from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA in theater studies from the National University of Singapore, and BA in English literature from Delhi University. Besides working as an actress and voice talent, she also works as a consultant with corporate firms and businesses to help expand and deepen their diversity and inclusion strategies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on May 23, 2019

Yes, the author is my brother, but, I LOVED this book! When it comes to strong and compelling young protagonists, this books falls into the same camp as The Goldfinch and the Harry Potter series for me. What I love about The Girl and The Tiger is that it take its time unraveling, the plot isn't hurri......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on August 20, 2019

As both a wildlife conservationist and avid reader, the foundation of my passion for the natural world was built with the great classic stories inspired by it: the Jungle Book, Call of the Wild, Moby Dick, Tarzan, etc. As I got older, I was moved by the literature of naturalists like Muir, Carson, T......more

Goodreads review by Mohsin on June 23, 2019

Paul Rosolie takes you through desert, treacherous mountain passes, montane rainforests and lush southern jungles with Isha and her rambunctious striped companion. This incredible journey celebrates the best that human-kind can be when interacting with nature while reminding you of what can happen w......more

Goodreads review by Charles on August 12, 2019

I want to go into this review by first saying that I definitely appreciated what this book set out to do. The interesting conflict between Modern India and the animal kingdom is definitely worth exploring, and I was very interested in learning in the afterword that most of the characters and events......more

Goodreads review by Samhita on July 22, 2019

This book is phenomenal and provoking! The narrative is fluid and draws beautiful, scary pictures in our minds. The story is about a girl who adopts a tiger and their journey across South India. They are accompanied by a terrific uncle-nephew duo and a boy with an elephant. This adventure takes this......more

Quotes

“A beautiful and tragic journey through India’s threatened jungles.” Steve Winter, National Geographic photojournalist