When Maria came out of the back door, we heard Lulu and Fanny braying softly from the pasture and when she entered the gate, they both came running down to see her. I can’t relay how many people on the book tour told me they loved the photographs of Maria and the donkeys. They do, I think, capture something powerful, the emotional geography, the special language that exists between animals and the people who love them and are open to them. I love these photos too, and I understand how the donkeys feel. I could not capture the love I feel for Maria in words either.