Animals At Night Av Naomi Booth

A woman feeding a baby late at night listens to the animal sounds in the city around her. A grieving widow encounters an injured jellyfish on a deserted beach. A young woman can''t shake the image of dying hare she finds at the side of the road. A dairy farmer hears her herd bellow with fear at night. ''Animals at Night'' is Naomi Booth''s first collection of short stories. Collected here are stories that illuminate the strange nocturnal meetings between humans and other animals. Praise for Exit Management: ''A compelling and contemporary read crammed with insight and compassion. Reminded me of Ruth Rendell''s non-Wexford novels'' Val McDermid ''An essential novel for our times'' Lara Williams, author of Supper Club A reminder of how little we know of what is going on behind strangers'' windows or in the darkest twists of their mind'' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days.