{"product_id":"the-endling-by-keely-jobe","title":"The Endling by Keely Jobe","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eA feminist utopia crumbles with one impossible birth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn an isolated mountaintop, a small feminist community is fracturing under the weight of ideological divides and dwindling numbers. Mila struggles to hold the women together, while deeper in the bush her aunt Frank - an ailing recluse - lives with only her dog, Chicken Midnight, for company. Nearby, an orchid endling approaches its own death, and the extinction of its entire species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Frank grows increasingly unwell and secretive about her condition, the community women begin mysteriously falling pregnant. When Mila gives birth to the only boy, their hardline separatist ideals face an impossible test.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVividly expressed, wildly funny, and wholly original, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eThe Endling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e examines the volatile intersection of community and politics, exploring what happens when the borders we construct between species, between sexes, between self and world prove more porous than we imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's a lush, slightly uncanny utopian novel that delves into feminine power and desire.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Cameron Woodhead, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Keely Jobe's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eThe Endling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e is an exquisite debut. A novel that goes right to the heart of urgent environmental, gender, and multispecies conversations and practices, and then probes further - it blooms! I am blown away by the majesty of Jobe's world - managing voices across species, with an intimacy that speaks to everyone. This is the novel we need to be reading right now.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Laura Jean McKay, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Animals in That Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enthralling ... Jobe renders the world on the mountain in such vivid detail that it comes alive on the page ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eThe Endling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e asks searing questions about what it means to fully embody your beliefs, and what happens when humanity is sacrificed in the name of the greater good.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Tierney Khan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44338560630872,"sku":"9781761381782","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781761381782_1.jpg?v=1783306187","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/the-endling-by-keely-jobe","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}