Like Animals

Philomena Flynn lives in downtown Montreal, where it seems everyone is in a band or making a movie. She and her best friend, Tania, live fast and hard. Sex is available whenever and wherever they want it, drugs of every kind are around, and there are plenty of parties but not much paid work. The boys they meet tend to be cute or nice, rarely both at once.

Philomena has no idea how to shield herself from her intense feelings. When her heart is broken after she becomes obsessed with a downtown hipster, she spirals into self-destruction. The fallout reaches Tania, Philomena's dad and the boys who are too nice to her, but above all it lands on Philomena herself.

Like Animals offers a look at the raucous, sex-filled lives of young creative people, a mix of euphoria and self-doubt. Behind their cool facades, they are far more sensitive than they would admit. The book is published as part of the Rare Machines imprint.