{"product_id":"femme-feral-isbn-9780143138945","title":"Femme Feral","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Witty, thrilling, and...SAVAGE.\" --Nat Cassidy, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wolf Comes Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Miranda July meets Stephen King.\" --Lauren Beukes, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf in this feminist, dark-comedy debut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe head of a company she started from the ground-up, the worried mother of a troublingly secretive daughter, and the wife of an easy-going man who always has her picking up the slack—Ellie is already juggling too much. So, it's an inconvenient time to find herself beset by strange physical changes: hair sprouting in new places, running hot, trouble sleeping, losing time, finding bloodstains in all her clothing. And underneath it all, a boiling rage that threatens to disrupt the life she's worked so hard to build.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer doctor diagnoses perimenopause. But it's another twenty-eight-day cycle that's taking hold, one that involves fur, teeth, and a not-insignificant amount of howling at the moon—and that gifts Ellie incredible strength and speed. Her new power's thrilling, as is releasing the anger she’s suppressed for years—especially as it turns out that there \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e some problems that can be solved with violence: The terrible new hire who is sabotaging her careful plans. The creep who's stalking her daughter. Only, the beast within isn't easy to control, and its bloody trail is getting harder to hide. With an obsessive hunter on her trail and a growing fear of what she's becoming, Ellie must find a way to yoke her fury before she tears through the people she loves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deeply gratifying, highly addictive and provocative read, \u003ci\u003eFemme Feral\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating expression of feminine rage, with a warning: If you swallow your anger, it's sure to come back with a bite.\"\u003cb\u003eA darkly entertaining feminist satire\u003c\/b\u003e...This tale of women’s rage against societal marginalization builds to a satisfying and bloody end, with Beckbessinger using the tropes of werewolf horror to provide her tough-as-nails heroines with a sense of power, retribution, and gratification. \u003cb\u003eThis has bite.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eWitty, thrilling, and oh so righteously SAVAGE.\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Beckbessinger’s command of voice and character is superb. Make a to-do list and be sure to put this book at the top of it.”--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNat Cassidy, USA Today bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wolf Comes Home\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A savage, witty, gory, heartfelt, utterly relatable rage fantasy and a helluva good time. \u003cb\u003eMiranda July meets Stephen King.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e –Lauren Beukes, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Shining Girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003cb\u003eBitingly funny, sharply observed, simmering with justified rage\u003c\/b\u003e and buried wildness - a cathartic, necessary read.”\u003cb\u003e –Catriona Silvey, author of \u003ci\u003eLove and Other Paradoxes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eambitious \u003c\/b\u003etale of perimenopause—and lycanthropy—and the ways major life changes, both expected and folkloric, open up paths that were previously inconceivable.\u003ci\u003e Femme Feral\u003c\/i\u003e conceit \u003cb\u003ewill appeal to...readers who want their escapism to have consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A fun and fierce look at womanhood and all the ways we hold back our rage. \u003cb\u003eI laughed, cried and felt vindicated. \u003c\/b\u003eSuperb.”\u003cb\u003e –Shubnum Khan, national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Beckbessinger\u003c\/b\u003e teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University, writes kids' TV and picture books, and once wrote for Marvel. She grew up on a farm near Durban, South Africa, but now lives in London.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233167454437,"sku":"NP9780143138945","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143138945.jpg?v=1767726816","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/femme-feral-isbn-9780143138945","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}