Unlikely Animals

This contemporary fiction includes wild game, complex family relationships, and an interesting narrator experiencing the highs and lows of life. Annie Hartnett is a master at combining the heavy with the light. There are serious topics: dementia, depression, death, abduction, and the opioid crisis affecting New Hampshire where this is set. But it’s light tone overall. Hartnett said she was raised to find humor in difficult or dark situations and that’s the case here.