The female of the species

Lionel Shriver

first published 1987 Brilliance Audio, 2013 audiobook

Contemporary American fiction

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 sexy young graduate assistant Raphael Sarasola arrives on the scene, Gray is captivated and...

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Female of the Species edition · 2015 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780007564026
Female of the Species edition · 2015 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780007564019
The Female of the Species audiobook · 2013 · Brilliance Audio · 9781480543263
The Female of the Species edition · 2009 · HarperCollins · 9780061899492
The Female of the Species paperback · 2009 · Harper Perennial · 432 pages · 9780061711398
The female of the species edition · 1988 · Penguin Books · 405 pages
The female of the species edition · 1988 · Viking · 405 pages
The female of the species edition · 1987 · Farrar/Straus/Giroux · 405 pages

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