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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dial Pr
Publication date
July 1, 1999
Pages
249
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385317016
ISBN-10
0385317018
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Appetites | Run, Spot, Run | Canine Behavior | The Merry Recluse | Dog on It | Let's Take the Long Way Home | Entangled Empathy | Drinking | New Life, No Instructions
Appetites | Run, Spot, Run | Canine Behavior | The Merry Recluse | Dog on It | Let's Take the Long Way Home | Entangled Empathy | Drinking | New Life, No Instructions
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The author of the best-selling memoir, Drinking: A Love Story, explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dangerously dependent relationship between dogs and their owners. Reprint. NYT.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: At the age of 36, Caroline Knapp, author of the acclaimed bestseller Drinking:A Love Story, found herself confronted with a monumental task: redefining her world.  She had faced the loss of both her parents, given up a twenty-year relationship with alcohol, and, as she writes, "I was wandering around in a haze of uncertainty, blinking up at the biggest questions: Who am I without parents and without alcohol? How to form attachments, and where to find comfort, in the face of such daunting vulnerability?"  An answer materialized in the most unlikely form: that of a dog.  Eighteen months to the day after she quit drinking, Knapp stumbled upon an eight-week-old puppy at a local animal shelter, took her home, and named her Lucille.  Now two years old, Lucille has become a central force in Knapp's life: "In her," she writes,  "I have found solace, joy, a bridge to the world."
Caroline Knapp has been celebrated as much for her fresh insight into emotional and psychological issues as she has been for her gifts as a writer.  In Pack of Two, she brings the same perception and talent to bear on the rich, complicated terrain of human-animal relationships.  In addition to mining her own experience with Lucille, Knapp speaks to a wide variety of dog people--from animal behaviorists and psychologists to other owners whose dogs have deeply affected their lives--about this emotionally complex, sometimes daunting, often profoundly healing alliance.  Throughout, she explores the shift in canine roles from working partners to intimate companions and looks, too, at how this new kinship, this wordless bond, becomes a template for what we most desire ourselves.
Caroline Knapp has been celebrated as much for her fresh insight into emotional and psychological issues as she has been for her gifts as a writer.  In Pack of Two, she brings the same perception and talent to bear on the rich, complicated terrain of human-animal relationships.  In addition to mining her own experience with Lucille, Knapp speaks to a wide variety of dog people--from animal behaviorists and psychologists to other owners whose dogs have deeply affected their lives--about this emotionally complex, sometimes daunting, often profoundly healing alliance.  Throughout, she explores the shift in canine roles from working partners to intimate companions and looks, too, at how this new kinship, this wordless bond, becomes a template for what we most desire ourselves.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (February 1, 1999)
9780786217267 | details & prices | 363 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $28.95
About: The author explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dependent relationship between dogs and their owners
About: The author explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dependent relationship between dogs and their owners
from Bantam Dell Pub Group (July 1, 1998)
9780385316989 | details & prices | 249 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $21.95
About: The author explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dangerously dependent relationship between dogs and their owners
About: The author explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dangerously dependent relationship between dogs and their owners
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Dial Pr (July 1, 1999)
9780385317016 | details & prices | 249 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The author explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dangerously dependent relationship between dogs and their owners
About: The author explores her experiences with her beloved dog, Lucille, and the healing, learning, and sometimes dangerously dependent relationship between dogs and their owners
Miscellaneous
from Dial Pr (August 10, 2010)
9780307759993 | details & prices | 272 pages | List price $16.00
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