She arrives in California rents a house from a strange man named Leonard in the Santa Monica Mountains gets a job in a health food store, befriends a local who lives in a yurt near her home.Īnd as the story unfolds, we learn more about its past. Troubling and troubling from the first page, Animal begins a violent and public suicide that causes the book’s protagonist, Joan, in search of Alice, a woman she never met, and the last, across the country fleeing from New York to Los Angeles person alive who can shed light on Joan’s dark past. Not having the patience to wait until June, I got myself a proof and soon sat down to meet one of the dark and disturbing figures in literature. It is described as depicting female anger in its harshest form and as a visceral exploration of the consequences of a male-dominated society, and has been praised by writers and critics alike as the lead-up to its publication. Animal was announced late last year and published by Bloomsbury. An undeniable exploration of the love lives of three women living in America today, it quickly became one of the most sought-after non-fiction books of 2019, subsequently positioning American author and journalist Taddeo as something of a literary sensation.Īnd so, like many readers around the world, I was eagerly awaiting her next book after completing Three Women.

How many readers around the world – I’ve read – and loved three women of Lisa Taddeo.

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