LEADER 01436ojm 2200241z- 450 001 9910164100903321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-822321-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000001056829 035 $a(BIP)056701599 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001056829 100 $a20231107c2017uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aFemale of the Species 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $aThe first novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin is a compelling and provocative story of love and how we suffer for it.Still unattached and childless at fifty-nine, world-renowned anthropologist Gray Kaiser is seemingly invincible--and untouchable. Returning to make a documentary at the site of her first great triumph in Kenya, she is accompanied by her faithful middle-aged assistant, Errol McEchern, who has loved her for years in silence.When young graduate assistant Raphael Sarasola arrives on the scene, Gray is captivated and falls hopelessly in love--before an amazed Errol's eyes. As he follows their affair with jealous fascination, Errol watches helplessly from the sidelines as a proud and fierce woman is reduced to miserable dependence through miserable dependence. 676 $a813/.54 700 $aShriver$b Lionel$f1957-$01449389 702 $aBirchard$b Paul$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910164100903321 996 $aFemale of the Species$93647659 997 $aUNINA