Endling

WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and hope in times of encroaching darkness. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, THE GUARDIAN, LIBRARY JOURNAL "The book is funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure, all the while reminding us what the world stands to lose, and what it has already lost. This is essential reading." —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country’s forests, trying and failing to breed rare snails.