Really, We Are Only Animals

Young, beautiful, on the verge of earning her PhD in English literature—and also desperately in love with two unreachable men, who take her desire and offer only empty promises in return—Anne Marceau's heart and mind are always at war. Stranded in the crossfire, her loneliness, confusion, and fear threaten to overwhelm her, despite a gorgeous surface that might convince all that the world is her oyster. In a small, Midtown Manhattan apartment in mid-June, mere footsteps from the university that defines her life, could a week-long reunion with a beloved, childhood friend, nearly a decade younger, help remind her that there is nothing wrong with having needs, and the need to satisfy them?​