From the author of the Amazon best-selling Greek travel memoirs, beginning with Things Can Only Get Feta, this is a new collection of unique and funny tales. Wake Me Up For The Elephants has already reached #1 best-seller status in the UK, US and Australia in travel categories and has the humour and flavour of Marjory’s Greek memoirs but with a broader canvas: Africa, Greece, Australia, Fiji, Scotland and Ireland. They are exotic, romantic locations and the stories are based on real journeys, some of which were taken as journalistic assignments. They introduce the reader to wild locations, eccentric fellow travellers and hilarious, often scary, situations: dodging wild animals on safari and a male stalker in Mombasa; dance torment in tropical Fiji; a supernatural mystery in the Australian bush; a beach gallop in Ireland led by a lobster fisherman; a boating mash-up on the exquisite Greek island of Paxos.

But this collection is not all fun and frolics. Some of the stories, particularly from Scotland, are undercut by nostalgia as the author grapples with the notion of a homeland and where a restless traveller belongs when the wandering, and the laughter, stops.

This book is also in part a prequel to her Greek travel series, revealing the author’s unforgettable adventures just before embarking on her four-year Big Fat Greek Odyssey.

WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT Wake Me Up For The Elephants:

“Keenly observed, fun-filled tales, yet with a beautifully understated appreciation of life’s poignant moments, too.” Peter Kerr, best-selling author
"Her cocktail of characters are full of life and chatter. By the final page you will be packing your bags to follow in her footsteps." John Robert Young, acclaimed photojournalist and author
"This is a marvellous book. I loved all the stories. There is a wealth of information, local colour and humour in all the accounts." Valerie Poore, author of the travel narrative series Watery Ways
"I am a Marjory McGinn devotee. She had me at Feta (Things Can Only Get Feta). Elephants is a beautifully scripted book of joyous, transportative pages."
"I loved this memoir. I loved the hilarious African safari, and the Scottish chapters."
"I read this book in one sitting and laughed so much, I kept my husand awake all night. Hilarious!"
"Side-splitting moments and a few spooky ones too."
"Once again I have been drawn into Marjory's world and been held captive by her stories"
"The best memoir I have EVER read." Book blogger and reviewer