Two Dollar Radio
New Animal
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Author: Ella Baxter
ISBN: 9781953387127
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Published: 2022
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Media tie-in
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description:
* ABA Indie Next List pick for March 2022.
* Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, Shortlist.
* A Best Book of 2022 --NYLON, Glamour, Refinery29 UK, Harpers BAZAAR UK
* A Most Anticipated Book --Lit Hub, The Millions
New Animal is a poignant, darkly comedic look at human connection from a biting and original new voice in Ella Baxter.
Amelia Aurelia is approaching thirty and her closest relationships -- other than her mother -- are through her dating apps. She works at the family mortuary business as a cosmetic mortician with her eccentric step-father and older brother, whose throuple's current preoccupation is with what type of snake to adopt. When Amelia's affectionate mother passes away without warning, she is left without anchor. Fleeing the funeral, she seeks solace with her birth-father in Tasmania and stumbles into the local BDSM community, where her riotous attempts to belong are met with confusion, shock, and empathy.
Hilarious and heartfelt, New Animal reveals hard-won truths as Amelia struggles to find her place in the world without her mother, with the help of her two well-intentioned fathers and adventures at the kink club.
