Unlikely animals a novel

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. 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.

Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she’s lost her way. Both funny and sad, the kind of story we like best.

It was a source of entertainment at Maple Street Cemetery.

Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Book Riot You’ll fall in love with the offbeat cast of characters (both living and dead) and find yourself rooting for them right through the last page.”- Good Housekeeping (Book Club pick)Ī lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake. “This tragicomic novel is heartfelt, touching, and delightfully quirky.