Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

Unlikely Animals: A Novel by Annie Hartnett ’08

July 1, 2022

Tags Alumni Book

(New York: Ballantine Books, 2022)

A young woman returns home to care for her dying father whose brain disease has awakened strange hallucinations. As she faces her dad’s illness and other family issues, the protagonist also finds herself dealing with the mysterious disappearance of her best friend from high school. According to the publisher, “Set against the backdrop of a small town in the throes of a very real opioid crisis, Unlikely Animals is a tragicomic novel about familial expectations, imperfect friendships, and the possibility of resurrecting that which had been thought irrevocably lost.”