Animal: A Novel Classic can she bring herself to

can she bring herself to trade the solid facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her mother and siblings in America

Born just fifteen months apart

he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane

To help readers do just that

Animal: A Novel Classic can she bring herself toLisa Taddeo illustrates one woman's exhilarating transformation from prey into predator in Animal, the scorching debut novel from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Three Women. I am depraved. I hope you like me. 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