Dog Hearted: Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions

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There were some I really didn't get along with - Ned Beauman's being the worst as he seems to think because he's a tall man with a little dog in a park people would presume he's a paedophile and it was such an odd take that he was so consistent with in his story, it was really off-putting.

Instead, the collection of authors use dogs as a vehicle to just talk about their own issues and absolutely overshare personal circumstances. I am always drawn to books with dogs on the cover but most of the time I put them back on the shelf (I’m sensitive and self-aware). However, for the most part I picked this book up every night for the past week or so and read one/ two stories at a time.A good book to pick up and read a chapter or two, or for some inspiration for writing about the commonplace, yet transcendent furry companions in our lives. She has a PhD in Environmental History and Aesthetics and is the founding editor of The Willowherb Review.

Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. The essays showcase a wide variety of dog personalities, and what we might learn from them about aging and death, relationships, domesticity and wildness, and care.

It goes beyond the damp noses and wagging tails and gets to the heart of what makes dogs our true lifelong companions. While I get why, it would’ve been nice to have at least one piece that looked at a dog as it is, on its own terms, as a creature that is not just a reflection of its human.

Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. My favourite essay was Jessica Pan's The Master List as I think she endeared herself to me the moment she spoke about wrestling with a slobbering rottweiler as well as showing her terrified husband how she could put her head in his mouth and 'he could kill me but he chooses not to'. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. All in all it was alright, I just wish there was some more elevated prose essays, even just to change the pace up, instead of very simple, article like writing with little individuality or self expression on the author's part. This was a charming collection of essays portraying an extremely diverse cast of dogs that were both charming and confusing in equal measure. this was what i wanted dog songs by mary oliver to be, and reading it definitely helped soothe the disappointment i felt from being let down by the latter.