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Migratory Animals
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062346032
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Jan 20 2015
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Award and the
Writer's League of Texas Fiction Award - An Indie Next Selection - An Austin American-Statesman Selects Book
A powerful debut novel about a group of 30-somethings
struggling for connection and belonging, Migratory Animals centers on a
When Flannery, a young scientist, is
forced to return to Austin from five years of research in Nigeria, she becomes
split between her two homes. Having left behind her loving fiancé without
knowing when she can return, Flan learns that her sister, Molly, has begun to
show signs of the genetic disease that slowly killed their mother.
As their close-knit circle of
friends struggles with Molly's diagnosis, Flannery must grapple with what her
future will hold: an ambitious life of love and the pursuit of scientific
discovery in West Africa, or the pull of a life surrounded by old friends, the
comfort of an old flame, family obligations, and the home she's always known.
But she is not the only one wrestling with uncertainty. Since their college
days, each of her friends has faced unexpected challenges that make them
reevaluate the lives they'd always planned for themselves.
A mesmerizing
debut from an exciting young writer, Migratory Animals is a
moving, thought-provoking novel, told from shifting viewpoints, about the
meaning of home and what we owe each other--and ourselves.
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