Animal Lisa Taddeo by Lisa Taddeo 9781526630933, 1526630931 instant download after payment.

Here is the electrifying debut novel from Lisa Taddeo, author of international phenomenon Three Women, which was named to more than thirty best-of-the-year lists and hailed as “a dazzling achievement” (Los Angeles Times) and “a heartbreaking, gripping, astonishing masterpiece” (Esquire).

"Joan is an unforgettable anti-heroine. I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about her."  -  Elizabeth Day

Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruel acts of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child — that has haunted her every waking moment — while forging the power to finally strike back. 

Honestly, sometimes I think it’s the only recourse. Killing men in times like these.

Animal is a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society. With writing that scorches and mesmerizes, Lisa Taddeo illustrates one woman’s exhilarating transformation from prey into predator.

"Animal is not an easy or, at first, a coherent novel. There’s some thematic overlap between the book and “Three Women,” Taddeo’s 2019 nonfiction bestseller about the sexual histories of three people. The subject of culpability in extramarital affairs comes up in both, particularly how husbands tend to get a free pass while their female paramours bear the brunt of the blame... The lesson [in Animal] is that women do not have to be bound by the desires of men. That women can, and should, dictate their own stories on their own terms."  -  Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post