{"product_id":"fauna-by-donna-mazza-9781760876302","title":"Fauna","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow far would you go to save your daughter?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet seventeen years into a very recognisable future, \u003cem\u003eFauna\u003c\/em\u003e is an astonishing psychological drama with an incredible twist: What if the child you are carrying is not entirely human?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing DNA technology, scientists have started to reverse the extinction of creatures like the mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger. The benefits of this radical approach could be far-reaching. But how far will they go?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLonging for another child, Stacey is recruited by LifeBLOOD®, a company that offers massive incentives for her to join an experimental genetics program. As part of the agreement, Stacey and her husband's embryo will be blended with edited cells. Just how edited, Stacey doesn't really know. Nor does she have any idea how much her longed-for new daughter will change her life and that of her family. Or how hard she will have to fight to protect her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFauna\u003c\/em\u003e is a transformative, lyrical and moving novel about love and motherhood, home and family—and what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Provocative, unnerving, and entirely possible. The most frightening thing about \u003cem\u003eFauna\u003c\/em\u003e is that it convinces. Utterly. We have all been warned.' - Sofie Laguna, Miles Franklin Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Eye of the Sheep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFauna\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us of how exquisitely vulnerable our need to love and to nurture renders us, but tells also of the strength and wonder of this need, which—even when the definition of the word is uncertain—must lie at the heart of what it means to be human . . . Frightening, believable, yet filled with hope and tenderness.' - Peggy Frew, author of the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eIslands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFauna\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an experiment, as every relationship, every child, every hope we cling on to is an experiment—a leap into air. It is lush and corporeal and one of the most honest books I've ever read about what we carve away for our children from our hearts, our bodies, and our possible futures. I knew when I started that this book would end, yet every moment I hoped it wouldn't.' - Amanda Niehaus, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Breeding Season\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFauna\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare an electrifying genetically re-coded future so real, so terrifying, so close, I can feel its baby breath soft against my cheek.' - Robyn Mundy, author of \u003cem\u003eWild Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Mazza's novel asks hard questions, yet brims with compassion. A thrilling, unsettling read.' - Paddy O'Reilly, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711398039788,"sku":"9781760876302","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26149963482814.jpg?v=1754221856","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/fauna-by-donna-mazza-9781760876302","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}