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From the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow, an epic novel about faith and the magic of everyday life. Told from the precocious perspective of fourteen-year-old Peter, The Elephant Keepers� Children is about three siblings and how they deal with their eccentric parents. Peter�s father is a vicar, his mother is an artisan, and both are equally and profoundly devout. The family lives on the (fictional) island of Fin�, where people of all religious faiths coexist peacefully. Yet nothing is at it seems. When Peter�s parents suddenly go missing, Peter and his siblings fear the worst�has their parents� relentless quest to boost church attendance finally put them in danger? Told with poignancy and humor, The Elephant Keepers� Children is a fascinating exploration of fundamentalism versus spiritual freedom, the vicissitudes of romantic and familial love, and the triumph of the human spirit.