# Animal People

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- Book: [Animal People](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-wood/animal-people) ([Animal People.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-wood/animal-people.md))
- Authors: [Charlotte Wood](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-wood)
- Publisher: sceptre
- ISBN: 978-13-9975-622-8
- Published: 2026-04-23
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Charlotte Wood's critically-acclaimed early novel, now published outside of Australia for the first time. Stephen is having the worst day of his life. On a stiflingly hot summer morning, he has decided it's time to break up with his girlfriend Fiona. He's 39, aimless and unfulfilled, but without a clue how to make his life better. All he has are his instincts - and they may be his downfall. Making his way through the pitiless city and the hours of a single day, Stephen must endure another shift of his dead-end job at Sydney zoo, fend off the relentless demands of his family, and face up to Fiona's aggressive ex-husband. As an ordinary day unravels into an existential crisis, Stephen begins to understand - perhaps too late - that love is not a trap, and only he can free himself.