{"product_id":"0385686803-the_last_neanderthal","title":"The Last Neanderthal","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003e**Finalist for the 2017 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003e**National Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, the enthralling story of two women separated by millennia, but linked by an epic journey that will transform them both\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e40,000 years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth. After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a mate.\u003cbr\u003e     But the unforgiving landscape takes its toll, and Girl is left alone to care for Runt, a foundling of unknown origin. As Girl and Runt face the coming winter storms, Girl realizes she has one final chance to save her people, even if it means sacrificing part of herself.\u003cbr\u003e     In the modern day, archaeologist Rosamund Gale works well into her pregnancy, racing to excavate newly found Neanderthal artifacts before her baby comes. Linked across the ages by the shared experience of early motherhood, both stories examine the often taboo corners of women's lives. \u003cbr\u003e     Haunting, suspenseful, and profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Neanderthal\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to reconsider all we think we know about what it means to be human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Anchor Canada","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48098443821246,"sku":"0385686803-4","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71q_ZOL0EiL.jpg?v=1783611187","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0385686803-the_last_neanderthal","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}