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Apr 18, 2023 · Ramona Ausubel's tale has a very recognizable family nucleus — a mother and her two teenage daughters, bound by blood yet fractured by tragedy. But it soars in its addition of an animal element.
- Jason Heller
Apr 18, 2023 · 3,857 reviews 3,192 followers. June 7, 2023. In Ausubel’s offbeat third novel, a widowed scientist and her two daughters embark on a rogue plan to make history by resurrecting the woolly mammoth. There is a quirky combination of cosmic and domestic concerns here.
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Apr 18, 2023 · Ramona Ausubel's third novel, 'The Last Animal,' follows a scientist and her children on a globetrotting quest to resurrect a mammoth and save the world.
- Meredith Maran
Apr 18, 2023 · Back home in Berkeley, their mom meets an eccentric millionaire named Helen who owns a castle and a wild animal preserve on Lake Como in Italy, and the two hatch a plan to take back the wheel on woolly mammoth resurrection.
The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel describes a cutting-edge scientific endeavor to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction by combining its DNA with that of a modern Asian elephant and growing the resulting embryo in an elephant's (or an artificial) womb.
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- Rebecca Foster
Apr 11, 2023 · Ramona Ausubel’s new novel revolves around a scientist, her two daughters and an audacious plan to save the planet. Review by Ron Charles. April 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Illustration by ...
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The Last Animal is a wildly plotted romp as well as a deeply felt story of family, grief, and the hope to be found in continuing to live, even under the cloud of an uncertain future. Read Full Review >>. Positive Regina Marler, New York Review of Books.
