Hannah's Dream by Diane Hammond

The book was written by Diane Hammond,
the spokeswoman for the famous killer whale,
 Keiko of Free Willy.

It is a story about the bond
between human and an elephant Hannah. 

Hannah was the only elephant in a privately-owned zoo,
which understandably was in dire financial straits,
and its manager had developed a publicity scheme
to showcase Hannah as a star
in an attempt to bring the zoo
back to its old glorious days.

However,
the isolated Hannah’s mental health was deteriorating
and it worried her handler Samson Brown,
who was suffering from his own sickness
but could hardly take any rest
because of Hannah’s clinginess to him.

 

Realizing the problem of Hannah was
the lack of socialization with other elephants,
the newly recruited vet Neva ,
together with Samson,
embarked on a secret plan to raise money and
relocate Hannah to an elephant sanctuary
and the story had a happy ending.

I would say that this book does not belong to
the ‘not to be missed’ category for me.  
But I do enjoy reading the very visual portrayal
of the love between Samson and Hannah. 
Animal lovers are more likely to find this book interesting.