{"product_id":"9781982134310-the-book-of-pet-love-and-loss-words-of-comfort-and-wisdom-from-remarkable-people","title":"Bader Sara - The Book Of Pet Love And Loss Words Of Comfort And Wisdom From Remarkable People - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: A powerful collection of quotations by writers leaders and legends on the pain of losing a pet and overcoming grief. An animal's love is deep uncomplicated unconditional and forgiving. Affection without ambivalence is how Sigmund Freud described the connection. No matter how awful the day or how awful I am behaving at any given moment George doesn t care writes journalist John Dickerson. He finds me smoldering in my chair and dashes to my lap. Our lives are intricately intertwined with our pets and together over time we establish rituals that are as steady as a metronome. It's no wonder the grief is crushing when they depart even those who ve had time to prepare describe feeling stunned devastated and cracked in two. We were a bit broken up over the death of our black Persian cat crime novelist Raymond Chandler confessed. When I say a bit broken up I am being conventional. For us it was a tragedy. Nobel Prize winning author V. S. Naipaul described the experience as calamitous and writer May Sarton called it a volcanic eruption of woe. Poet Emily Dickinson was so bereft she asked for help: Carlo died she announced in a letter to her friend Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1866. Would you instruct me now? The Book of Pet Love and Loss is a collection of quotations poignant thoughts and memories discovered in letters journals diaries memoirs and other original sources from beloved cultural figures who understood this singular experience so deeply they felt compelled to write about it. This book dignifies the profound connection we share with our animal companions but it also provides solace as mourners document their heartache over the loss of their cats dogs rabbits birds and other animals even in the case of Pablo Neruda a mongoose. Their comforting and wise words are what every animal lover needs on this journey of heartbreak and healing.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Book Of Pet Love And Loss Words Of Comfort And Wisdom From Remarkable People\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Bader Sara\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781982134310\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 240 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 6\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Domestic Animals \u0026amp; Pets","brand":"Bader Sara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49627548156209,"sku":"IN-G-9781982134310","price":18.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781982134310.jpg?v=1724972681","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781982134310-the-book-of-pet-love-and-loss-words-of-comfort-and-wisdom-from-remarkable-people","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}