FromLisaTaddeo,authorofthe#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerandglobalphenomenonThreeWomen,comesan“intoxicating“(EntertainmentWeekly),“fearless“(LosAngelesTimes),and“explosive“(People)novelabout“whathappenswhenwomenarepushedbeyondthebrink,andwhatcomesafterthereckoning“(Esquire).Joanhasspentalifetimeenduringthecrueltiesofmen.Butwhenoneofthemcommitsashockingactofviolenceinfrontofher,shefleesNewYorkCityinsearchofAlice,theonlypersonalivewhocanhelphermakesenseofherpast.IntheswelteringhillsaboveLosAngeles,Joanunravelsthehorrificeventshewitnessedasachild--thathashauntedhereverywakingmoment--whileforgingthepowertofinallystrikeback.Animalisadepictionoffemalerageatitsrawest,andavisceralexplorationofthefalloutfromamale-dominatedsociety.
