A Hippo Banquet by Mary H. Kingsley she realizes that Rumi's story

she realizes that Rumi's story mir­rors her own and that Zahara—like Shams—has come to set her free

But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family

and a husband and dad

When Brynn gets an internship working on a popular true-crime show

A Hippo Banquet by Mary H. Kingsley she realizes that Rumi's story'While engaged on this hunt I felt the earth quiver under my feet, and heard a soft big soughing sound, and looking round saw I had dropped in on a hippo banquet'Told with verve and self mocking wit, the adventures of doughty female Victorian explorer Mary Kingsley describe stumbling upon five hippos by night, dodging elephants and fighting off a leopard with a stool.