Animal Wife - by Lara Ehrlich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A short story collection about women's transformations from girls into wives, mothers, and monsters.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks," said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative. <strong>The fifteen stories of <em>Animal Wife </em>are unified by girls and women who cross this threshold seeking liberation from family responsibilities, from societal expectations, from their own minds.</strong> A girl born with feathers undertakes a quest for the mother who abandoned her. An indecisive woman drinks Foresight, only to become stymied by the futures branching before her. A proofreader cultivates a cage-fighting alter ego. A woman becomes psychologically trapped in her car. A girl acts on her desire for a childhood friend as a monster draws closer to the shore. A widow invites a bear to hibernate in her den. <strong><em>Animal Wife</em> was selected as the winner of the Red Hen Fiction Award by <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Ann Hood, who says, "From the first sentence <em>Animal Wife</em> grabbed me and never let go. Sensual and intelligent, with gorgeous prose, it made me dizzy with its exploration and illumination of the inner and outer lives of girls and women."</strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Featured Piece in LitHubWhat Becoming a Mermaid Taught Me About Being a Modern Woman by Lara Ehrlich.</p> <p>From the first sentence <em>Animal Wife</em> grabbed me and never let go. Sensual and intelligent, with gorgeous prose, it made me dizzy with its exploration and illumination of the inner and outer lives of girls and women.</br><br><strong>--Ann Hood, <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author</strong></p> <p>Lara Ehrlich is a master stylist of the surreal, the fabulist, and the fantastic. I loved each of these whimsical, magical stories that centered around girls and women and their transformations (whether that be into women, mothers, or animals). I was particularly intrigued by the way Lara beautifully portrays the inner struggle between wildness and domesticity, the surreal elements of each story lending a mythical complexity to these conflicts. Really lovely and thought-provoking. Perfect for fans of Aimee Bender, Karen Russell, and Angela Carter. Also, if you're a language-lover and (like me) find yourself highlighting gorgeous prose, this collection is full of lines like this: In none of her lives will she be be brilliant or famous or content. Her mediocrity will hound her through a kaleidoscope of futures. I deeply enjoyed every story (and sentence) and find myself still thinking about them and the ideas they raise days after.<br>--<strong>Joy Baglio</strong>, founder of Pioneer Valley Writer's Workshop</p> <p>Life is, for myriad reasons, untenable for the women (and girls) who inhabit Ehrlich's stories. Whether this is because they want what the modern world cannot possibly afford them or because the world is actively disinterested in their success and happiness is a question Ehrlich explores throughout this collection...The heroines of these stories must all deal with moments of rupture, occasionally violent and spectacular, and ultimately there's no going back.--Douglas Riggs</strong> of Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT</p> <p>These stories, and Ehrlich, are remarkable, and the collection is a standout in a season full of amazing new releases.--<strong>Corinne Segal, <em>Literary Hub</em></p> <p>Whimsy and fantasy meet the way things really turn out in stories from a strong new voice.--<strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</strong></em></p> <p>a collection of fairy tales that turn up the volume on the quiet desperation in the lives of women and girls until the characters scream, rage, screw, and otherwise manifest their discontents, and that crackle and pop with such imagination and innovation that I was left roiling with jealousy and love--<strong>Keija Parssinen, Consulting Editor</strong>, <em>The Kenyon Review</em></p> <p>Strange, funny, fearsome, <em>Animal Wife</em> is a gorgeous book, weird in its very bones.--<strong>Elizabeth McCracken</strong>, author of <em>Bowlaway: A Novel</em></p> <p>Lara Ehrlich has written a collection of stories that allow for escapism.--<strong><em>F(r)iction</em></strong></p> <p> It is engaging at every turn of the page for its innovative approach. Ehrlich weaves compelling characters and situations, gripping images and language in her deft storytelling--<strong>Sandra Williams</strong>, <em>Metapsychology</em></p> <p>The author has a way of bringing a calming magic to her words that makes them gentle and soothing regardless of the topic.--<strong>Lisa Albright</strong><em>The Girly Book Club</em></p> <ul> <li>Feature in <em>Bostonia</em><em> </em>with author interview.</li> <li>Feature on the podcast <em>Without Books</em>.</li> <li>Featured in a<em> Fresh Ink Book Editing </em> newsletter.</li> <li> Book launch featured in <em>The Westerly Sun.</em></li> <li>Featured in <em>Lit Hub</em> article detailing notable 2020 short story collections.</li> <li>Featured in <em>Electric Literature.</em></li> <li>Featured in <em>The Day.</em></li> <li> Featured in <em> Parade.</em></li> <li>Featured in <em>The University of Chicago</em><strong>MAPH Alumni</strong></li> <li> Recommended by Vermont's own <em>Bartleby's Books</em> in their fall 2020 newsletter.</li> <li>Review at [PANK]</li></ul> <li>Interviewed by Midwest Writers Workshop board member Lylanne Musselman. </li> <li>Interviewed by F(r)iction Lit contributor Suzie Bartholomew.</li> <li>Interviewed by SmokeLong Quarterly</li> <li>Staff Pick at Malden Public Library in Malden, MA</li> <li>Interviewed by Craft Literary</li> <li>Featured and referenced in Electric Literature's article on New Fiction</li> <li> Featured on Poets and Writers</li> <li> Featured in Electric Literature's Best Cover of 2020 Tournament</li> <li>Winner of Electric Literature's Best Cover of 2020 Tournament</li> <li>Featured on YouTube</li> <li>Finalist in the2020 Foreword Indies Awards</li> <li>Interview in Poets & Writers</li><br>
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