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Honestly, sometimes I think its the only recourse. Killing men in times like these.

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 childthat has haunted her every waking momentwhile forging the power to finally strike back.

Here is the electrifying debut novel from Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1New York Timesbestseller and international phenomenonThree 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).Animalis 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, Taddeo illustrates one womans exhilarating transformation from prey into predator.