THE MEMORY OF ANIMALS

FROM THE COSTA AWARD WINNING WOMEN S PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF UNSETTLED GROUND A stunning piece of speculative fiction The i A haunting novel about love survival and everything in between One to get excited about Stylist Best Modern Dystopia Humans are useless at learning from their mistakes We just have to keep making new plans When Neffy wakes up from an uneasy sleep in a hospital bed nothing is as it should be There is no food and nobody to tend to her The city streets outside her window have fallen silent She doesn t know it yet but a debilitating new virus is sweeping the globe and the world will never be the same again Feverish confused and wary of the strangers trapped inside with her Neffy finds solace in her own memories of the past even the memories of the mistakes that led her here But as the days turn into weeks it is clear that Neffy will have to make a choice How do you choose between a past that has already disappeared forever and a future you can t begin to imagine Unsettling moving and thoughtful with horror lurking at the edges this is a subtle elegant novel Claire Fuller is a huge talent Lucy Atkins author of Magpie Lane Compulsive and thoroughly convincing Terrific Clare Chambers author of Small Pleasu