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Animal : a novel / Lisa Taddeo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover editionDescription: 321 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982122126
  • 1982122129
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child--that has haunted her every waking moment--while forging the power to finally strike back.-- Publisher's description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction TADDEO, LISA Available 33111010587125
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction TADDEO, LISA Available 33111010531453
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Fiction TADDEO, LISA Checked out 07/19/2024 33111009847928
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon Three Women , comes an "intoxicating" ( Entertainment Weekly ), "fearless" ( Los Angeles Times ), and "explosive" ( People ) novel about "what happens when women are pushed beyond the brink, and what comes after the reckoning" ( Esquire ).

Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child--that has haunted her every waking moment--while forging the power to finally strike back.

Animal is a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society.

Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child--that has haunted her every waking moment--while forging the power to finally strike back.-- Publisher's description.

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