"Brilliant, precious, incomparable. Beautiful, wondrous, affirming. These words immediately come to mind when I think of Wild Life, and still they do not fully express how I feel about this book. This novel moved me in ways I haven't been moved by a book in years. Amanda Leduc uses the fantastic as a lens through which to examine her characters' most personal, vulnerable feelings and fears. Yet, even amongst the likes of talking hyenas and mysteriously appearing doves and beanstalks, we never lose sight of the importance of even the smallest, most seemingly mundane moments. After all, as this novel so deftly reminds us, these are the types of moments that make up the tapestry of each of our lives, from which we inevitably derive meaning. With her use of innovative forms, imaginative stories and unforgettable characters, Leduc helps us to understand the beauty and significance of each of our own wild lives. If there is any justice in this world, this book will be hailed as a modern classic for decades to come."—Alicia Elliott, author of And Then She Fell

“A brilliant work of modern myth-making, Amanda Leduc’s newest novel invites us to embrace the ferocity, vulnerability and tenacity that is at the heart of what makes us human. Wild Life should be savoured and devoured.”—Karen McBride, author of Crow Winter

“I was enthralled. Leduc hasn’t just penned a terrific tale she's introduced us to a remarkable new literary species: the novel of the human-as-animal. Wild Life is wild and woolly and marvelous, a feral fable about the outsider who’s been inside of us all along: our own creaturely nature. Handle with wonder.”—Thomas Wharton, author of The Book of Rain