The Half Life: A Novel Shari Lapena childlike humor and lovable illustrations

childlike humor and lovable illustrations are in full effect in this funny whodunit featuring a winning cast of animals and a message about the importance of conservation and recycling

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

there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water

With only one summer to pick a husband

as sacred as it is historical

The Half Life: A Novel Shari Lapena childlike humor and lovable illustrationsFrom 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