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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9780807001875
- Book Title
- $60000 Dog : My Life with Animals
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Pets, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Social Scientists & Psychologists, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Animals / General, Essays, Essays & Narratives
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 18.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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Product Information
A stunning new book about the role of animals in our lives, by a popular and acclaimed writer From the time she is nine years old, biking to the farmland outside her suburban home, where she discovers a disquieting world of sleeping cows and a "Private Way" full of the wondrous and creepy creatures of the wild--spiders, deer, moles, chipmunks, and foxes--Lauren Slater finds in animals a refuge from her troubled life. As she matures, her attraction to animals strengthens and grows more complex and compelling even as her family is falling to pieces around her. Slater spends a summer at horse camp, where she witnesses the alternating horrific and loving behavior of her instructor toward the animals in her charge and comes to question the bond that so often develops between females and their equines. Slater's questions follow her to a foster family, her own parents no longer able to care for her. A pet raccoon, rescued from a hole in the wall, teaches her how to feel at home away from home. The two Shiba Inu puppies Slater adopts years later, against her husband's will, grow increasingly important to her as she ages and her family begins to grow. Slater's husband is a born skeptic and possesses a sternly scientific view of animals as unconscious, primitive creatures, one who insists "that an animal's worth is roughly equivalent to its edibility." As one of her dogs, Lila, goes blind and the medical bills and monthly expenses begin to pour in, he calculates the financial burden of their canine family member and finds that Lila has cost them about $60,000, not to mention the approximately 400 pounds of feces she has deposited in their yard. But when Benjamin begins to suffer from chronic pain, Lauren is convinced it is Lila's resilience and the dog's quick adaptation to her blindness that draws her husband out of his own misery and motivates him to try to adjust to his situation. Ben never becomes a true believer or a die-hard animal lover, but his story and the stories Lauren tells of her own bond with animals convince her that our connections with the furry, the four-legged, the exoskeleton-ed, or the winged may be just as priceless as our human relationships. The $60,000 Dog is Lauren Slater's intimate manifesto on the unique, invaluable, and often essential contributions animals make to our lives. As a psychologist, a reporter, an amateur naturalist, and above all an enormously gifted writer, she draws us into the stories of her passion for animals that are so much more than pets. She describes her intense love for the animals in her life without apology and argues, finally, that the works of Darwin and other evolutionary biologists prove that, when it comes to worth, animals are equal, and in some senses even superior, to human beings.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Beacon Press
ISBN-10
0807001872
ISBN-13
9780807001875
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114224577
Product Key Features
Book Title
$60000 Dog : My Life with Animals
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Social Scientists & Psychologists, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Animals / General, Essays, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Pets, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql85.S55 2012
Reviews
Praise for The $60,000 Dog "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." -- Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."-- Booklist "Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."--Pam Houston, MORE magazine "Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's The $60,000 Dog is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."-- Boston Globe "A thoughtful memoir unravels the depth of our animal attachments."-- Elle "It's the fearlessness along with the beauty that makes The $60,000 Dog a work of lasting achievement."-- Minneapolis Star Tribune Praise for Lauren Slater "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."-- Claire Messud, Newsday "A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."-- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."-- Elle " Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."-- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe "Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."-- The San Francisco Chronicle, Praise for The $60,000 Dog "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." -- Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."-- Booklist "Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."--Pam Houston, MORE magazine "Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's The $60,000 Dog is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."-- Boston Globe "A thoughtful memoir unravels the depth of our animal attachments."-- Elle "It's the fearlessness along with the beauty that makes The $60,000 Dog a work of lasting achievement."-- Minneapolis Star Tribune Praise for Lauren Slater "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."-- Claire Messud, Newsday "A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."-- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."-- Elle " Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."-- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe "Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."-- The San Francisco Chronicle, Praise for The $60,000 Dog "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." - Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."- Booklist "Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."-Pam Houston, MORE magazine Praise for Lauren Slater "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."- Claire Messud, Newsday "A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."- Elle " Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe "Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."- The San Francisco Chronicle From the Hardcover edition., Praise for The $60,000 Dog "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." - Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."- Booklist "Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."-Pam Houston, MORE magazine "Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's The $60,000 Dog is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."- Boston Globe Praise for Lauren Slater "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."- Claire Messud, Newsday "A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."- Elle " Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe "Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."- The San Francisco Chronicle From the Hardcover edition., "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." - Kirkus Reviews "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."- Claire Messud, Newsday "A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."- Elle " Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe "Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."- The San Francisco Chronicle "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."- Booklist From the Hardcover edition., "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." - Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."- Booklist
Table of Content
Chapter 1: The Egg Chapter 2: Sugaring the Bit Chapter 3: Old Homes Chapter 4: The Swan with a Broken Beak Chapter 5: The Sixty Thousand-Dollar Dog Chapter 6: The Death of a Wasp Chapter 7: Bat Dreams Acknowledgments
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-020732
Dewey Decimal
590.92 B
Dewey Edition
23
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