Margo Beredjiklian
, Cassandra Schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Barry Kazimer
, Chantal Comeau
, Linda Leitch
, Sarah Schwartz
, Marilyn Stanley
, Andrea Pole
, Dawn Macdonald
, Ashley Raskovsky
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Laurie Burns
, Cathy White
, Cindy Bodini
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Joe Mitchell
, Deana Bueley
, Andrea Gillespie
, Deb Philippon
, Chris Carvalho
, Natasa Ilic
, Terry Martens
, Noelle Walsh
, Alanna King
, Jessica Trento
, Alissa Bender
, Charlotte Finley
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Melissa Kohlman
, Marjorie Roy
, Remi Gunn
, Marilyn Boyle
, Rhona Brinkman
, Rhona Brinkman
, Rhona Brinkman
, Susan Terendy
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Karen Nordrum
, Margaret McKay
, joy mills
, Susan Baues
, Ellen Clarke
, Prabh Toor
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Fin Macdonald
, Vivian Hilder
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Margaret Palmer
, Donna Gamache
, Chris Lantz
, Benita Hartwell
, Robert Hykawy
, Christine Lion
, Catherine Westerberg
, Kim Fenton
, Randi Ann Doll
, Huguette Lemieux
, Penelope Penner
, Maria Mclean
, tom stormonth
, Ken Gilmour
, Janice Cournoyer
, Paula Ritchie
, Thelma Ball
, Barbara Nickerson
, Heather Sibley
, Anndee Newson
, Christopher Rossignol
, Beth Dekoker
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving father, and cannot find the courage to admit his love to Ravenna, the ungainly schoolteacher.
Life takes a strange turn when the government-sponsored "Wild Home Project" is introduced and wolves, rats, minks, otters, and bears move into villagers' homes. Soon, Dorn receives a mysterious commission, finds a body in a park, and has several run-ins with a former classmate-turned police officer. When fi re breaks out, Dorn takes on the unlikely role of hero in the hope of changing the course of his life.
A realist novel with the air of a fairy tale, The Animals is a surprising, funny, and thought-provoking story that explores the nature of relationships faunal and human, and reminds us of the challenges of finding one's place in society . . . and that living with a wolf is not a very good idea.
