title: The Animal Wife
author: Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall
description: Set in prehistoric Siberia, a “psychologically acute and soaringly imaginative” novel by a
  New York Times
  –bestselling author (
  Publishers Weekly
  ).
   In this novel by the author of
  Reindeer Moon
  , set in the Paleolithic age, Kori lives among his hunter-gatherer people, guilty with the knowledge that his unborn child is being carried by his shaman father’s new wife. Then, Kori impulsively seizes another woman, from a different tribe, after seeing her swimming in a pond—putting his group in danger. He calls the woman Muskrat, and her customs, beliefs, and language are utterly alien to him. And their relationship may bring either joy or bloodshed . . .
   From an author and anthropologist known for both her fiction and her nonfiction—including the bestsellers
  The Hidden Life of Dogs
   and
  The Tribe of Tiger
  —this is a compelling tale “likely to appeal to
  Clan of the Cave Bear
   fans” (
  Library Journal
  ).