- Mothers and sons, Zoos, Survival, Fiction
"An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she'll go to to protect him. The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime.
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Contemporary, grave, relentless and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Gin Phillips
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Penguin Audio, Transworld Publishers Limited, Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780857525017
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