MIGRATORY ANIMALS PB

Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Award and theWriter's League of Texas Fiction Award • An Indie Next Selection • An Austin American-Statesman Selects BookA powerful debut novel about a group of 30-somethingsstruggling for connection and belonging, Migratory Animals centers on aprotagonist who finds herself torn between love and duty.When Flannery, a young scientist, isforced to return to Austin from five years of research in Nigeria, she becomessplit between her two homes. Having left behind her loving fiancé withoutknowing when she can return, Flan learns that her sister, Molly, has begun toshow signs of the genetic disease that slowly killed their mother.As their close-knit circle offriends struggles with Molly’s diagnosis, Flannery must grapple with what herfuture will hold: an ambitious life of love and the pursuit of scientificdiscovery in West Africa, or the pull of a life surrounded by old friends, thecomfort of an old flame, family obligations, and the home she’s always known.But she is not the only one wrestling with uncertainty. Since their collegedays, each of her friends has faced unexpected challenges that make themreevaluate the lives they’d always planned for themselves.A mesmerizingdebut from an exciting young writer, Migratory Animals is amoving, thought-provoking novel, told from shifting viewpoints, about themeaning of home and what we owe each other—and ourselves.