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- In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews noted that The Last Animal includes "an amazing amount of humor, pizazz, wisdom, and wonder" for "a story that is essentially about processing grief".
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Apr 18, 2023 · 3,902 reviews3,243 followers. June 7, 2023. In Ausubel’s offbeat third novel, a widowed scientist and her two daughters embark on a rogue plan to make history by resurrecting the woolly mammoth. There is a quirky combination of cosmic and domestic concerns here.
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Apr 18, 2023 · Splicing wit and wisdom, The Last Animal is a bright-eyed meditation on what animates us, biologically as well as emotionally — but most of all, familially. Jason Heller is a Hugo Award-winning...
- Jason Heller
Oct 25, 2022 · A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in a wild scientific experiment and discover themselves in the process, from the award-winning writer of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty. Buy the book!
Apr 18, 2023 · Ramona Ausubel's third novel, 'The Last Animal,' follows a scientist and her children on a globetrotting quest to resurrect a mammoth and save the world.
- Meredith Maran
Apr 18, 2023 · The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel describes a cutting-edge scientific endeavor to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction by combining its DNA with that of a modern Asian elephant and growing the resulting embryo in an elephant's (or an artificial) womb. The animal that is born will not be genetically identical to a wooly mammoth, but a ...
- Rebecca Foster
Praise for The Last Animal: “I know it’s hard to imagine, but The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel, is like a sweeter, more poignant version of ‘Jurassic Park. . .’ This shaggy elephant story is as much about surviving family grief as it is about living in a world doomed by climate change.
Apr 18, 2023 · The first half of the book, set in gore-drenched hospital wards, mildewed dorm rooms, and boozy officers’ clubs, is an exciting read, tracking the transformation of virginal, uptight Frankie into a crack surgical nurse and woman of the world.
