{"product_id":"primal-tears-isbn-9781583941331","title":"Primal Tears","description":"A cross between a human and a bonobo? Carl Sagan and others have speculated: Is it possible? What kind of creature would it be? And how might this affect our world? Kelpie Wilson takes the premise and runs with it in this engaging novel. \u003ci\u003ePrimal Tears\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Sage, born to a young woman who has volunteered to be a surrogate mother for an endangered species of chimpanzee. The process goes awry, and Sage, a lovable youngster, is neither completely one species nor the other. When her existence becomes public knowledge, she needs all the best characteristics of both species to find a place for herself in our human-dominated world.\"What a great book! I loved it, and found it to be totally enthralling. As I read, I felt drawn deeper and deeper into a primal sense of hope. Not a naive hope, not wishful thinking, but a hope arising out of a sense of the immensity of human evolution and the profundity of our interconnectedness with all of life. I hope everyone on our dear and endangered Earth reads this book.\"—John Robbins, author \u003ci\u003eHealthy at 100 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDiet For a New America\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePrimal Tears\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of tremendous power. Passionate and erotic, at times tenderly lyrical, it confronts head-on, without flinching, brutal environmental and feminist politics. Its protagonist, Sage, is unique, magical, and haunting.\"—Kate Wilhelm, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unbidden Truth, Clear and Convincing Proof,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkeletons\u003c\/i\u003e\"Kelpie Wilson's\u003ci\u003e Primal Tears\u003c\/i\u003e has rounded, memorable characters, evocative descriptions, lively dialogue, an exciting plot, and an understated, evenhanded wit that is very engaging...It is a clear-eyed, courageous look at some of the most denied and neglected threats to the biosphere and the place of humans in it.\"—David Rains Wallace, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey's Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bonehunters' Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePrimal Tears\u003c\/i\u003e is primal storytelling, thoughtful and passionate. Kelpie Wilson wonderfully expands our definitions of human and family.\"—Greg Bear, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Music, The Forge of God, Darwin's Radio, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eQuantico \u003c\/i\u003eWriter, editor, and engineer Kelpie Wilson is well known as an environmental activist. Her articles have appeared in\u003ci\u003e Wild Earth, The Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eEarth First! Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently an editor and writer for www.truthout.org, an online news service with a worldwide audience. Wilson lives with her husband in a solar-powered cabin in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon. Visit her at www.kelpiewilson.com.","brand":"Frog Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303368249573,"sku":"NP9781583941331","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781583941331.jpg?v=1767735094","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/primal-tears-isbn-9781583941331","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}