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Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett is a tragi-comic novel set in the fictional town of Everton, New Hampshire, during the opioid epidemic, where Emma Starling returns home to her eccentric family and a community grappling with issues, including her father Clive's hallucinations, her brother Auggie's recovery, and the disappearance of her best friend, Crystal, all narrated by the deceased residents of a local cemetery. The book references substance use disorder, mental illness, and suicide.