*"For fans of Patricia Lockwoods No One Is Talking About This (2021). An off-kilter, hauntingly hilarious debut novel." Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[A] bonkers story . . . Despite the sobering material, this is a hoot." Publishers Weekly
In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a California billionaire who's promised a time machine that will make everything normal againwhatever that means.
Everyone knows somethings off, but nobody can agree on just what it is. Maybe its the weather; maybe everyones just so damn sensitive these days. Or maybe its because the animals of the world have finally had enough, besieging towns and cities and terrorizing their human residents.
Jenlena and her best friend Daphne are two humanities grads in their early 20s, trying to find their way in a society that has just eradicated all animals for the...