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Named a Best Novel of the Year by Oprah Daily!

“Whip-smart and compulsively readable. . . both a wildly entertaining adventure story and a meditation on what it means to love your children—fiercely and imperfectly.”—Oprah Daily

“Springs alive to explore questions that stump scientists and families, problems of the head…

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2 authors picked The Last Animal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The women in this book dare greatly, do the unexpected, and come together for each other in an ending I did not see coming. Satisfying and highly original.

The Last Animal has a storyline I’ve never encountered before. Asubel writes in such a readable way about extinct creatures and science but also about typical teen challenges and family relationships.

I was so moved by the baby mammoth – what it symbolized about our existence on this planet and our connections to each other. Having two daughters about the same age as Eve and Vera, and growing up with sisters myself, I could deeply relate to both their relationship and what it is like to be their mother, Jane.

This book is both fantastical and yet completely believable in…

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