You're an Animal: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- A tender portrait of four misfits, on the run across Texas, that speaks to those who are left out, those who opt out—and to the wild animal in us all&“Libaire creates a delicious universe at a constant brink of collapse, a universe I never wanted to see end.&”—Gerardo Sámano Córdova, author of MonstrilioIt&’s springtime in Oklahoma, and Ernie, an outcast in a group of outcasts, feels uneasy. Nerves at the abandoned summer camp where he and his fellow oddballs are crashing have been on edge since the arrival of a teenager named Coral, unceremoniously dropped off from her family&’s minivan one afternoon. Adding to her aura of mystery, Coral doesn&’t say a word. Ever.When a drug lab explosion burns the compound to the ground, Ernie, Coral, and the hard-living couple Staci and Ray escape on a pair of motorcycles. Feeling shaky with fear and alive with a new surge of freedom, the four outcasts find a rundown house in rural Texas: It's a place to stay, they tell themselves, for now. Yet to their surprise, over card games and wild strawberries and target-shooting and late-night dancing to ZZ Top on the local radio, a quirky little family forms. At the heart of their new home is Coral, whose silence only amplifies her strange, undefinable power and the sense that she found them for a reason.But soon, tensions rise, and a mysterious threat begins to materialize—whether it&’s coming from inside or outside the house still isn&’t clear. All this crew knows is, now there&’s something at stake: their chosen family, forged by both loneliness and joy, and bonded by an awkward kind of love.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593449448
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780593449431
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 08/08/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Jardine Raven Libaire
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Westerns, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.