Strange Animals

<p><strong>A thought-provoking and darkly witty novel about freedom motherhood greed and religion--a surprising new direction from the controversial author of <em>Men Women & Children</em> and <em>The Average American Male</em>.</strong></p><p>Chad Kultgen has established himself as one of the most honest and candid chroniclers of human relationships working today. Now in an eye-opening departure he turns his gaze on the collision between religious values and human freedoms in American society.</p><p>Karen Halloway is a philosophy PhD candidate struggling to find a dissertation topic strong enough to make a mark on the world. When she discovers that she's pregnant she finds herself at a crossroads: she has always known that she doesn't want to be a mother and feels her only choice is to have an abortion though she knows that both her boyfriend and her highly religious best friend will object. Yet on the way to the clinic Karen has the epiphany she's been looking for--a way to turn her unexpected situation to her advantage.</p><p>Fiendishly suspenseful and provocative <em>Strange Animals</em> is a surprising novel about freedom choice and desperate measures.</p>