Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

One of the New York Times Book Review's Best Crime Novels of 2017

Warning: you'll finish this in one sitting. --TheSkimm

Expertly made thriller . . . clever and irresistible. --The New York Times

An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she'll go to protect him.

The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hours--the entire scope of the novel--she keeps on running.

Joan's intimate knowledge of her son and of the zoo itself--the hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits, the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machines--is all that keeps them a step ahead of danger.

A masterful thrill ride and an exploration of motherhood itself--from its tender moments of grace to its savage power--Fierce Kingdom asks where the boundary is between our animal instinct to survive and our human duty to protect one another. For whom should a mother risk her life?

Gin Phillips is a critically regarded adult author who is now branching out into children's fiction. The Well and the Mine, her first novel, earned the Barnes & Noble Discover Award in 2009. Gin worked as a freelance magazine editor for many years before settling down in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, children, and dog.

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ISBN 13	9780735224278
ISBN 10	0735224277
Title	Fierce Kingdom
Author	Gin Phillips
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Viking
Year published	2017-07-25
Number of pages	288
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