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Unlikely animals: a novel
(Book Club Kit)

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Published:
Boulder, Colorado : Boulder Public Library, 2024.
Format:
Book Club Kit
Edition:
Book discussion kit.
Physical Desc:
8 books (357 pages, illustrations, map ; 21 cm) + 1 binder, in cloth zippered bag (42 x 47 cm)
Status:
Boulder Main Adult Books in a Bag
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Oct 13, 2024

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"Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she’s lost her way. A medical school dropout, she’s come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire, to care for her father, who is dying from a mysterious brain disease. Clive Starling has been hallucinating small animals, as well as having visions of the ghost of a long-dead naturalist, Ernest Harold Baynes, once known for letting wild animals live in his house. This ghost has been giving Clive some ideas on how to spend his final days. Emma arrives home knowing she must face her dad’s illness, her mom’s judgment, and her younger brother’s recent stint in rehab, but she’s unprepared to find that her former best friend from high school is missing, with no one bothering to look for her. The police say they don’t spend much time looking for drug addicts. Emma’s dad is the only one convinced the young woman might still be alive, and Emma is hopeful he could be right. Someone should look for her, at least. Emma isn’t really trying to be a hero, but somehow she and her father bring about just the kind of miracle the town needs. Set against the backdrop of a small town in the throes of a very real opioid crisis, Unlikely Animals is a tragicomic novel about familial expectations, imperfect friendships, and the possibility of resurrecting that which had been thought irrevocably lost"--

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This book discussion kit was created by Boulder Public Library.
Description
"Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she’s lost her way. A medical school dropout, she’s come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire, to care for her father, who is dying from a mysterious brain disease. Clive Starling has been hallucinating small animals, as well as having visions of the ghost of a long-dead naturalist, Ernest Harold Baynes, once known for letting wild animals live in his house. This ghost has been giving Clive some ideas on how to spend his final days. Emma arrives home knowing she must face her dad’s illness, her mom’s judgment, and her younger brother’s recent stint in rehab, but she’s unprepared to find that her former best friend from high school is missing, with no one bothering to look for her. The police say they don’t spend much time looking for drug addicts. Emma’s dad is the only one convinced the young woman might still be alive, and Emma is hopeful he could be right. Someone should look for her, at least. Emma isn’t really trying to be a hero, but somehow she and her father bring about just the kind of miracle the town needs. Set against the backdrop of a small town in the throes of a very real opioid crisis, Unlikely Animals is a tragicomic novel about familial expectations, imperfect friendships, and the possibility of resurrecting that which had been thought irrevocably lost"--,Publisher.
Local note
BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY: Books in a bag.

Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Hartnett, A. (2024). Unlikely animals: a novel. Book discussion kit. Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Public Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Hartnett, Annie. 2024. Unlikely Animals: A Novel. Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Public Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Hartnett, Annie, Unlikely Animals: A Novel. Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Public Library, 2024.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Hartnett, Annie. Unlikely Animals: A Novel. Book discussion kit. Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Public Library, 2024.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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