{"product_id":"9781761381782","title":"The Endling","description":"Author: Jobe, Keely\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761381782\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feminist utopia crumbles with one impossible birth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn an isolated mountaintop, a small feminist community is fracturing under the weight of ideological divides and dwindling numbers. Mila struggles to hold the women together, while deeper in the bush her aunt Frank - an ailing recluse - lives with only her dog, Chicken Midnight, for company. Nearby, an orchid endling approaches its own death, and the extinction of its entire species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Frank grows increasingly unwell and secretive about her condition, the community women begin mysteriously falling pregnant. When Mila gives birth to the only boy, their hardline separatist ideals face an impossible test.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVividly expressed, wildly funny, and wholly original, \u003ci\u003eThe Endling\u003c\/i\u003e examines the volatile intersection of community and politics, exploring what happens when the borders we construct between species, between sexes, between self and world prove more porous than we imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Keely Jobe's \u003ci\u003eThe Endling\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite debut. A novel that goes right to the heart of urgent environmental, gender, and multispecies conversations and practices, and then probes further - it blooms! I am blown away by the majesty of Jobe's world - managing voices across species, with an intimacy that speaks to everyone. This is the novel we need to be reading right now.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Laura Jean McKay, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Animals in That Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enthralling  ... Jobe renders the world on the mountain in such vivid detail that it comes alive on the page  ...\u003ci\u003e The Endling\u003c\/i\u003e asks searing questions about what it means to fully embody your beliefs, and what happens when humanity is sacrificed in the name of the greater good.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Tierney Khan, \u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With lush, evocative writing that recreates the landscape in an erotic rendering ... this is a startling debut that immerses the reader in the forest and its many challenges. For readers who enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Animals in that Country\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, this is beautifully written, feminist fiction that will keep you turning the pages right up until the surprising conclusion.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Angela Crocombe, Readings\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46886544605342,"sku":"UBD-9781761381782","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781761381782.jpg?v=1779948078","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781761381782","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}