02014cam a2200313 i 4500 771811470 TxAuBib 20210630120000.0 210526s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2021013013 9781982122126 HRD 27.99 1982122129 HRD 27.99 NjBwBT eng NjBwBT rda IMmBT TxAuBib rda Taddeo, Lisa, author. Animal [Book] : a novel / Lisa Taddeo. First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. New York : Avid Reader Press, 2021. 321 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruel acts 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. ere is the electrifying debut novel from Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Three Women, which was named to more than thirty best-of-the-year lists and hailed as “a dazzling achievement” (Los Angeles Times) and “a heartbreaking, gripping, astonishing masterpiece” (Esquire). Animal is a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society. With writing that scorches and mesmerizes, Taddeo illustrates one woman’s exhilarating transformation from prey into predator. 20210630. Life change events Fiction. Women Psychology Fiction. Psychological fiction. California Fiction. Novels.