The Body Farm: Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781640096264)

The long-awaited new book from the critically acclaimed author of The Lightkeepers and The Wildlands an intense and insightful collection that celebrates the horrors and joys of inhabiting our bodies

The body cannot tell any lies. From birth to death, and through all the transitions in between, the body stores our knowledge and history, our feelings and experiences. Our betrayals. These insightful and empathetic stories, from the critically acclaimed author of The Last Animal, shine new light on our physical vessels set against our physical world, two landscapes irretrievably connected and altered over time.

An entomologist solves cold cases and upholds a sense of justice by studying the decay of corpses in a field and the insect life they develop. A caregiver obsesses over a stained-glass lampshade to deal with the elegiac losses of Alzheimer's. A sister with webbed fingers highlights the often-universal belief that our siblings just might be creatures brought forth from the deep. The memory of a scent evokes the haunting legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These eleven stories display Abby Geni's great capacity to take us into the lives and experiences of others to scrutinize the physical self: birth, childhood, transition, mental health, trauma, aging, illness, love, sex, and death.

Author: Abby Geni
ISBN-10: 1640096264
ISBN-13: 9781640096264
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/11/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 17