Animal instinct

a novel

Animal instinct

a novel
Amy Shearn
Book - 2025

"A darkly humorous and tantalizing pandemic-ridden portrait of sex, divorce, and midlife, about a Brooklynite who Frankensteins the perfect lover"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shearn, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2025]
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