The Petting Zoos

A debut novel exploring our pandemic paranoias heightened in a world rebuilding following devastating population loss It's a post-pandemic world where people wear masks and gloves and are so starved for touch their "skin hunger" drives them to the edge of sanity The story is reminiscent of The Blondes by Emily Schultz, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and Blindness by José Saramago Author has worked as a journalist for Canadian Press; this is her debut novel