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Love in the world of animal rights

By Jane Mann
Reviewed by Helen Walland

Description: A graphic tale of dedication with a love interest set in the undercover world of the animal rights movement. Action, suspense and conflict are combined with exploration of contemporary issue. This novel sets out to inform and confront the thinking behind Animal experimentation and the animal rights movement.

Best Features: In an easily readable format, the author presents the facts as she sees them through the eyes of Kate Wilson and her relationship with, full on animal rights activist, Mark Stanton.

Kate Wilson is persuaded to work in an animal experimentation unit as a kennel maid in order to gather inside information for the animal rights group who plan to rescue the dogs. This she does successfully, falling in love with Mark, the enigmatic leader of the group, along the way. Her involvement in the group grows but her conviction to the cause is tried when an explosion kills someone accidentally.

I didn't know a lot about the animal rights movement. I’m glad they are there because someone has to represent animals rights. I am appalled by the practice of experimenting on animals.

I certainly didn’t enjoy the graphic details of animal suffering and found myself at times wondering if it could really be true. How could this be allowed?

But I did enjoy the story especially the pompous neighbour who eventually got his come uppance.

The author has taken a very sensitive subject and woven it expertly into a story which presents both sides of the debate without coming down too openly on either side.

Jane Mann ‘comes out’ at the end by  including Further Information with useful websites and books for more information on animal rights.

I really liked the fact that I wasn’t preached at. All the emotive persuasion came subtly through the thoughts of Kate.

Can a novel about Animal Rights make light reading? Despite the disturbing cover depicting a desperate Beagle behind bars, Jane Mann  has succeeded in producing a thought provoking and fascinating read.

Could be improved: I found the first couple of chapters  rather harrowing. If it’s like this now how horrible will it get in later chapters? Jane Mann doesn’t pull any punches! I was tempted to give up but persevered, and was rewarded with the development of the plot and the complex relationships between the main characters.

Format: Paperback (278 pages)

Price: £8.99 including P & P in the UK (Add £3.50 per copy overseas)

Overall Rating: 7/10. As dog lovers we can all empathise with the animals depicted in this novel. We have a responsibility to have an opinion on animal rights. This is a book to read once to learn more about the subject but then to pass on to a friend. Not a book I would want to go back and read again, but everyone should read it once!

Value for Money: Good value for money because it gives so much information in a palatable form.

Distributor
Gazelle Book Services Ltd 
Hightown, White Cross Mills, South Rd, Lancaster LA1 4XS (UK)
Tel.+ 44 (0)1524 68765 Fax 44 (0)1524 63232 
Email sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
 ISBN:0-9549093-0-5 

Also available from www.amazon.co.uk or www.vincapress.co.uk

About the Author...
After gaining a teaching qualification and degree from Exeter University, Jane Mann went to Hong Kong, where she worked as an Education Officer, teaching English to Chinese students. While in Hong Kong, she travelled extensively in the east, met her husband, Ray, and wrote an adventure story, Chang Fook and the Viper, published by OUP and used as a reader in schools there.

Returning to England, she settled in a rural community, raised her family – two daughters and a son, and continued her work as a lecturer in further education and later as an examiner for three exam boards.

Concerned about pollution and the way we treat other species, she has been active for many years in a number of environmental organisations. She is particularly interested in animal rights issues, hence her focus in this novel on the conflict over vivisection.

About the Reviewer
Helen Walland is a primary school teacher, just coming to the end of a thirty odd year career.

She has been doing agility for about seven years, ever since a girl in her class introduced the sport to her. Helen has always run Minis and Midis and has no desire to own a collie!

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