這部小說講述了家庭分離的動人故事，以及動物與人之間的聯繫的重要性，這本書充滿了滿滿的感動和令人振奮的幽默感。
Sila的母親橫跨半個地球來到土耳其，為的是取得移民許可，如此以來才得已回到遠在美國的家人身邊。
對於Sila而言忍受長時間的分離幾乎是不可能的，但一切都在Sila陪著身為技師的父親前往城外修理卡車時發生改變。在一道巨大的石牆後Sila遇到一位幾個月前剛中樂透的慈祥老人，他們一起去拯救馬戲團裡的大象Veda，也結交了一位不同尋常的男孩Mateo，而這所有事都證明了在你意想不到的時候，安慰與希望就會降臨。
It’s been almost a year since Sila’s mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allowed her to return to her family in the U.S.
The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to withstand. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Their new alliance leads to the rescue of a circus elephant named Veda, and then to a friendship with an unusual boy named Mateo, proving that comfort and hope come in the most unlikely of places.
A moving story of family separation and the importance of the connection between animals and humans, this novel has the enormous heart and uplifting humor that readers have come to expect from the beloved author of Counting by 7s.
