Dog Hearted: Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions

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She has a PhD in Environmental History and Aesthetics and is the founding editor of The Willowherb Review. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.

It goes beyond the damp noses and wagging tails and gets to the heart of what makes dogs our true lifelong companions. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. 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). These essays are sometimes toothy, sometimes bloody, and sometimes gentle: much like our four-legged furry friends.

Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. The essays are relatable and balanced sharing positive and negative situations stretching from puppy-hood to senior-hood. After an hiatus of two years, I was delighted to read that Daunt Books would be publishing another collection of essays this year, having enjoyed their past collections, particularly In The Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life. I assume most people who want to read this book are dog lovers and while I didn’t love every story, I could appreciate the insights shared. 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.

Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. Instead, the collection of authors use dogs as a vehicle to just talk about their own issues and absolutely overshare personal circumstances.For this collection, the central topic of our pooch pals could not have been more apt for me given that I have recently been initiated into the cult of canine companionship for the very first time! 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.