Playing Possum By Susana Monsó Material:Soft Cover After her mother's sudden passing

After her mother's sudden passing

and after years of putting up with a sexist lead doctor

and more―who fought back against presidential abuse of power

For Effie's greatest obstacle might well prove to be Lord Blackthorn's overwhelmingly good intentions

Pursued by terrors of the Blood Voss

Playing Possum By Susana Monsó Material:Soft Cover After her mother's sudden passingHow animals conceive of death and dyingand what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying corpse. Playing Possum explores what the opossum and other creatures can teach us about how we and other species understand mortality, and demonstrates that the