The Island of Last Things

The Island of Last ThingsA SOARING, PROPULSIVE, AND UNFORGETTABLE novel about two zookeepers at the last zoo in the world Sometimes a new author will sidle up and whisper in your ear, and sometimes shell grab you by the neck. Emma Sloley is in the latter camp. REBECCA MAKKAI Camille has always preferred animals to people. The wild has nearly disappeared, but as a zookeeper at the last zoo in the world, on Alcatraz Island, she spends her days caring for playful chimpanzees,

and a mother of biracial children

” Gorgeously illustrated

who has secrets of his own

but also about human nature

Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

and in life-or-death jeopardy

she must lie

Diane Seuss’s signature voice―audacious in its honesty

as Jae skates away her worries

produced and financed by the Soviet State

Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child

Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor