Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment--or worse. Still Jenna - now 13 years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief - steadfastly refuses to believe in her mother's desertion.