Fauna

Document Type

Original Creative Work

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

32960

Comments

Mazza, D. (2020). Fauna. Australia: Allen & Unwin.

https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Fauna-Donna-Mazza-9781760876302

Abstract

A compelling near-future literary novel, psychological thriller and family drama.

How far would you go to save your daughter?

Set seventeen years into a very recognisable future, Fauna is an astonishing psychological drama with an incredible twist: What if the child you are carrying is not entirely human?

Using DNA technology, scientists have started to reverse the extinction of creatures like the mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger. The benefits of this radical approach could be far-reaching. But how far will they go?

Longing for another child, Stacey is recruited by LifeBLOOD®, a company that offers massive incentives for her to join an experimental genetics program. As part of the agreement, Stacey and her husband's embryo will be blended with edited cells. Just how edited, Stacey doesn't really know. Nor does she have any idea how much her longed-for new daughter will change her life and that of her family. Or how hard she will have to fight to protect her.

Fauna is a transformative, lyrical and moving novel about love and motherhood, home and family-and what it means to be human.

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