Strange Animals: A Novel
A thought-provoking and darkly witty novel about freedom, motherhood, greed, and religionâa surprising new direction from the controversial author of Men, Women & Children and The Average American Male.
Chad Kultgen has established himself as one of the most honest and candid chroniclers of human relationships working today. Now, in an eye-opening departure, he turns his gaze on the collision between religious values and human freedoms in American society.
Karen Halloway is a philosophy PhD candidate, struggling to find a dissertation topic strong enough to make a mark on the world. When she discovers that sheâs pregnant, she finds herself at a crossroads: she has always known that she doesnât want to be a mother, and feels her only choice is to have an abortion, though she knows that both her boyfriend and her highly religious best friend will object. Yet on the way to the clinic, Karen has the epiphany sheâs been looking forâa way to turn her unexpected situation to her advantage.
Fiendishly suspenseful and provocative, Strange Animals is a surprising novel about freedom, choice, and desperate measures.
A thought-provoking and darkly witty novel about freedom, motherhood, greed, and religionâa surprising new direction from the controversial author of Men, Women & Children and The Average American Male.
Chad Kultgen has established himself as one of the most honest and candid chroniclers of human relationships working today. Now, in an eye-opening departure, he turns his gaze on the collision between religious values and human freedoms in American society.
Karen Halloway is a philosophy PhD candidate, struggling to find a dissertation topic strong enough to make a mark on the world. When she discovers that sheâs pregnant, she finds herself at a crossroads: she has always known that she doesnât want to be a mother, and feels her only choice is to have an abortion, though she knows that both her boyfriend and her highly religious best friend will object. Yet on the way to the clinic, Karen has the epiphany sheâs been looking forâa way to turn her unexpected situation to her advantage.
Fiendishly suspenseful and provocative, Strange Animals is a surprising novel about freedom, choice, and desperate measures.
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A thought-provoking and darkly witty novel about freedom, motherhood, greed, and religionâa surprising new direction from the controversial author of Men, Women & Children and The Average American Male.
Chad Kultgen has established himself as one of the most honest and candid chroniclers of human relationships working today. Now, in an eye-opening departure, he turns his gaze on the collision between religious values and human freedoms in American society.
Karen Halloway is a philosophy PhD candidate, struggling to find a dissertation topic strong enough to make a mark on the world. When she discovers that sheâs pregnant, she finds herself at a crossroads: she has always known that she doesnât want to be a mother, and feels her only choice is to have an abortion, though she knows that both her boyfriend and her highly religious best friend will object. Yet on the way to the clinic, Karen has the epiphany sheâs been looking forâa way to turn her unexpected situation to her advantage.
Fiendishly suspenseful and provocative, Strange Animals is a surprising novel about freedom, choice, and desperate measures.
