TY - BOOK AU - Reid,Molly TI - The rapture index: a suburban bestiary T2 - American reader series SN - 9781942683810 AV - PS3618.E543 A6 2019 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Rochester, NY PB - BOA Edtions, Ltd. KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Fiction KW - Suburbs KW - Relations homme-animal KW - Romans, nouvelles, etc KW - Banlieues KW - FICTION / General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Happy you're here -- Bestiary I: the neighbor's bees -- The permutations of A -- Bestiary II: suburban fox -- Dog story -- Bestiary III: attic raccoon -- The first location -- Anatomy is destiny -- Bestiary IV: Steller's jay -- Apocalypso -- Bestiary V: chimney swifts -- 3d printing: a love story -- Summer people -- Bestiary VI: one hamster -- Adventures in wildlife -- Fall from grace -- All men -- The rapture index -- Bestiary VII: laundromat bobcat -- Come closer -- Bestiary VIII: the alligators N2 - "Loosely based on the medieval bestiary, The Rapture Index examines the relationship between animals, humans, and storytelling. Harnessing the bestiary's combination of religious parable, encyclopedia, and art, Molly Reid journeys deep into suburbia to reveal characters struggling to navigate desire and responsibility: the desire to indulge their baser instincts while still fulfilling the expectations of society and family. Filled with moments of curiosity, misunderstanding, fervor, and heart, these stories offer a new twist on familiar landscapes as they explore what happens in the places where the wilderness has been tamed when we try to deny our own animal nature"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2087767 ER -