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Published on 18 April 2023 by Penguin Books Ltd (N/A).
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But she isn't here, no one is here. And I have a terror of being alone,in this building, in London, in the world.Neffyis a young woman running away from grief and guilt, and the one big mistakethat has derailed her career. When a debilitating new virus sweeps across theglobe, volunteering in a vaccine trial offers her a way to make up for herpast. But then, the virus mutates, and the future she had dreamed for herselfis gone.Asthe London streets outside the medical unit fall silent, and food begins torun out, Neffy must decide where safety lies. Might she find solace byrevisiting her own heady memories of the past? Can she trust the strangerstrapped inside with her - despite her growing suspicions? Or is her bestchance of a future to be found in the terrifyingly unknown worldoutside?Hauntingand compelling, The Memory of Animals is a novel about freedom and captivity,survival and sacrifice, and what we cling to when everything else has beentaken away, from the Costa Award-winning, Women's Prize-shortlisted author ofUnsettled Ground.