The animals in that country / Laura Jean McKay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Laura Jean, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grandmothers--Fiction.

Grandmothers.

Animals--Fiction.

Animals.

Human-animal communication--Fiction.

Human-animal communication.

Influenza.

Human-animal relationships--Fiction.

Human-animal relationships.

Influenza--Fiction.

Epidemics--Fiction.

Epidemics.

Genre:

Fiction.

Animal fiction.

Apocalyptic fiction.

Ecofiction.

Physical Description:

279 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2020.

Summary:

"Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She's never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a guide in an outback wildlife park. And although Jean talks to all her charges, she has a particular soft spot for a young dingo called Sue. As disturbing news arrives of a pandemic sweeping the country, Jean realises this is no ordinary flu: its chief symptom is that its victims begin to understand the language of animals - first mammals, then birds and insects, too. As the flu progresses, the unstoppable voices become overwhelming, and many people begin to lose their minds, including Jean's infected son, Lee. When he takes off with Kimberly, heading south, Jean feels the pull to follow her kin. Setting off on their trail, with Sue the dingo riding shotgun, they find themselves in a stark, strange world in which the animal apocalypse has only further isolated people from other species."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781925849530

1925849538

9781912854523

191285452X

OCLC:

1149543167

Publisher Number:

99984702332