The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family

The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family

In an increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated not as pets, but as family members and human surrogates. The New Work of Dogs profiles a dozen such relationships in a New Jersey town, like the story of Harry, a Welsh corgi who provides sustaining emotional strength for a woman battling terminal breast cancer; Cherokee, companion of a man who has few friends and doesnâ€™t know how to talk to his family; the Divorced Dogs Club, whose funny, acerbic, and sometimes angry women turn to their dogs to help them rebuild their lives; and Betty Jean, the frantic founder of a tiny rescue group that has saved five hundred dogs from abuse or abandonment in recent years.

Drawn from hundreds of interviews and conversations with dog lovers and canine professionals, The New Work of Dogs combines compelling personal narratives with a penetrating look at human/animal attachment, and it presents a vivid portrait of a communityâ€”and, by extension, an entire nationâ€”that is turning to its pets for emotional support and stability in a changing and uncertain world.
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0375760555_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2004-06-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375760556

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0375760555_used
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2004-06-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375760556

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