
The Memory of Animals
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Narrated by:
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Genevieve Gaunt
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By:
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Claire Fuller
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From the Costa-Winning, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Unsettled Ground: a gripping, haunting novel about memory, love and survival, for fans of Never Let me Go and Leave the World Behind.
Neffy is a young woman running away from grief and guilt and the one big mistake that has derailed her career. When she answers the call to volunteer in a controlled vaccine trial, it offers her a way to pay off her many debts and, perhaps, to make up for the past.
But when the London streets below her window fall silent, and all external communications cease, only Neffy and four other volunteers remain in the unit. With food running out, and a growing sense that the strangers she is with may be holding back secrets, Neffy has questions that no-one can answer. Does safety lie inside or beyond the unit? And who, or what is out there?
While she weighs up her choices, she is introduced to a pioneering and controversial technology which allows her to revisit memories from her life before: a childhood divided between her enigmatic mother and her father in his small hotel in Greece. Intoxicated by the freedom of the past and the chance to reunite with those she loves, she increasingly turns away from her perilous present. But in this new world where survival rests on the bonds between strangers, is she jeopardising any chance of a future?
The Memory of Animals is a taut and emotionally charged novel about freedom and captivity, survival and sacrifice and whether you can save anyone before you save yourself.
©2023 Claire Fuller (P)2023 Penguin AudioNot just a pandemic novel
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The book describes in detail Neffy's experiences and explores some interesting themes which I enjoyed but I was left with many more unanswered questions than I would have liked and this irritated me slightly.
It was an interesting dystopian novel but I was a little disappointed overall.
Lots of unanswered questions
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Excellent
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Gripping!
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I’ve enjoyed all Claire Fuller’s books and this is no exception. You don’t have to be drawn to dystopian themes to reap rewards from this novel. I loved it and the narration was really good too.
Vivid, thought provoking and absorbing
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Great potential; didn't really go anywhere
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Doubtless I've enjoyed this more than any of her previous books.
Thoughtful and immersive
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Disappointed
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