The Half Life: A Novel Shari Lapena this book captures twenty-five humorous--and

this book captures twenty-five humorous--and very true--explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world

Great for summer reading or anytime

And he’ll manipulate whoever he can to exact his revenge

With only one summer to pick a husband

suspects emerge

The Half Life: A Novel Shari Lapena this book captures twenty-five humorous--andFrom the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever and The House Is on Fire, a novel set on a remote Italian island about a navy wifes reckoning with power, love, and the price of staying silent in the Atomic Age. A captivating, whip smart novel about love, loyalty, and a woman torn between two lives. I utterly adored it. Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country When twenty three year old Eileen OMalley meets charismatic