LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZE WINNER OF THE CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN OBSERVER IRISH TIMES BBC WASHINGTON POST THE NEW YORKER NPR GOOD HOUSEKEEPING PUBLISHERS WEEKLY An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary UkraineA fierce and funny road-trip novel GUARDIAN the 50 hottest books to read right nowInventive and playful SUNDAY TIMESA stunning debut OBSERVERI was gripped . . . Brilliant DAILY MAILA thrilling ride FINANCIAL TIMESA bold brilliant original funny and devastating novel KATE MCLOUGHLIN TLSBrilliant and heart-stopping LOS ANGELES TIMESStartling and ambitious NEW YORK TIMESAnimated by dark humor and cool fury NEW YORKERDexterous and formally inventive MARCEL THEROUX GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAYUkraine 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the countrys forests and valleys trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they dont know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing theyll find docile brides untainted by feminism.Nastia and her sister Solomiya are also entangled in the booming marriage industry posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women a truckful of kidnapped bachelors and Lefty a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERALS LITERARY AWARDS Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one PERCIVAL EVERETT author of Booker-shortlisted JAMESFunny and smart full of science longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading ANN PATCHETT bestselling author of TOM LAKEHeartbreaking hilarious profound and vital LARA PRESCOTT bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP
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