The Elephants in My Backyard

Rajiv Surendra was filming  Mean Girls , playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel's  Life of Pi . So begins his "lovely and human" (Jenny Lawson, author of  Furiously Happy ) tale of obsessively pursuing a dream, overcoming failure, and finding meaning in life. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance. I found myself standing dangerously close to the edge of a cliff. Far below me was an incredible abyss with no end in sight. I