When We Were Animals

from DeltaQueen50

When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord is a peculiar and original coming-of-age story. The story unfolds through the eyes of a grown woman looking back upon her past. Now calling herself Ann and living the quiet life of a suburban housewife, she tells of the curious ritual that happens to teens i...

from bonniemarjorie

'We live our lives by measures of weeks, months, years, but the creatures we truly are, those are exposed in fractions of moments.' Lumen Fowler recounts her childhood growing up in a small town in the Midwest that is anything but ordinary. Children in this town, once they hit puberty, they go th...

from marysneedle

I enjoyed this book and while it had hints of dealing with vampires or werewolves does not. The only thing I didn't like was how it really did not define why the children of this town was different or what it really was, with that said it did a great job of staying focused on the main subject and...

from stefferoo

After hearing about this book from so many people, I just knew I had to experience it for myself. And now that I've read it, When We Were Animals may well be the most interesting book to hit my shelves this year. I'm still finding it difficult to categorize this unconventional coming-of-age tale,...

from stefferoo

After hearing about this book from so many people, I just knew I had to experience it for myself. And now that I've read it, When We Were Animals may well be the most interesting book to hit my shelves this year. I'm still finding it difficult to categorize this unconventional coming-of-age tale,...