Fiction
Animal
LISA TADDEO, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Following her ground-breaking debut , Lisa Taddeo has done it again with this daring, tragic, mess of a masterpiece. I can honestly say I was gripped from page one and looked forward to bedtime each night (well, all six that it took me to get through this book) to devour more. opens with Joan, the narrator, confessing to the reader her recent and historic trauma that has left her “depraved”. She subsequently sets out on a cross-country trip from New York to Los Angeles, where she meets the intoxicating River and decrepit yet lewd Leonard to track down the mysterious Alice. The two men, Lisa unapologetically explores the reality of womanhood, zeroing in on sexual violence, trauma and motherhood. Ultimately, teaches us not to be driven by the desires of men, but rather to dictate our own lives and stories on our own terms.
