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Main : animals, anthology, autobiography, dogs ISBN: 9781876756109 0.670 kgs 210 x 210 mm 208 pp
A Girl's Best Friend: The Meaning Of Dogs In Women's Lives
Jan Fook, Renate Klein (eds.) The best-selling book that started the series exploring the significance of animals in women’s lives. Eighty-six women and girls from all across the globe contributed to this beautiful collection of stories, letters, poems and photographs, sharing the funny, sad and amazing tales of their relationships with dogs. Readers will cry and laugh as they enjoy this homage to their best friends: dogs they’ve grown up with; dogs with incredible character; dogs who’ve changed – even saved – women’s lives.
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$32.95
Reviews
Write a review. Finally, a dog book to recommend unequivocally. Debra Adelaide, Sydney Morning Herald
If you are a dog owner, you cannot help but bask in the supreme feeling of justice that these wonderful creatures have finally received the recognition they deserve. Don’t expect a ‘cute’ girl-dog book; the pages capture enticing and real experiences between women and their pets. Conscious LivingThis is the perfect present for every dog lover. Panache
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface Section One Growing Up with Dogs 1 Kate Munro Sibling Rivalry with a Labrador Jeanne Daly Sonja Hannah Jones Max and Molly Melinda Tankard Reist Jazza, Monte, Ripper and Little Dog Lesley-Caron Veater Rex Susan Hawthorne Little River and the Big River Clare Healy My Puppies Judy Horacek Patricia Sykes Leash Penny Jones Emma Carol J. Adams Cyrano de Dogge Section Two Ways of Being with Dogs Renate Klein My Baci Dog — A Love Letter Katharine Coles Confusion Mandira Sen Sublime Beings Anne Beech Talking Toby Trudy Griggs Irreconcilable Differences Coral Hull Landscape Photography with Dogs 44 Dogs and Gods 45 Finola Moorhead The Dog Trainer Susanne Kappeler Django Tara Middleton To Kill a Mockingbird: Something Too Precious Regula Langemann and Suna Yamaner Ayla, the Fur Person Susan Rhind Kuri Meg Lees Nipa Angelika Aliti Sully’s Eyes Cristina Biaggi First There Were Four Suniti Namjoshi Entente Cordiale Sue Barber Pipi Miriel Lenore the visitor Suzanne Bellamy Thelma Kaye Moseley Nina Claire Warren Gypsy Doris Kartinyeri My Wonder Dog Karen Lane My Life with Marx Eileen Bailey-Styles Hector Janice Raymond Cassiopeia: Queen of the Night Sky Bette Guymer My Prince Donna Jackson Bad Dog Eloise Klein Healy For Holly Billie Hamilton Smith My Dog ‘Pluto’ Robyn Rowland ‘Here’s Looking at You, Babe’ Laurel Guymer Maxi and Me Christine Morley Bonnie Titi Chartay Toots Section Four Dogs and Home Life Lynda Birke and Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes Of Doggies, Mud and Housework Pia Cameron-Szirom Fun in the Tub Bronwyn Simmons Thank You to a Dog Kathryn Crofts Tipsy Penny Crofts Connecting Family, Connecting Friends Barbara Mathews My Granddog Tipsy Terry Wolverton Requiem Julie Daws The Canine Clown Judy Barber Jim and Friends Louise Allison Alice and Rupert and Dianne and Louise Pauline Meemeduma A Suitable Girl Becomes a Suitable Boy Dai Le At the End of the Day . . . Powhiri Rika-Heke Her Father to a ‘T’ Barbara Palmer and Kay Graham Bunny the Stringybark Farm Dog Kristin Headlam In Bed With the Animals Section Five Dogs Who Make a Difference Belinda Morris My Hairy Little Saviour Barbara Heinzius and Martina Love Me, Love My Dog! Sandy Jeffs The Adoration of the Dog’s Eye Lyn Zboril Lyn and Ralphie Emily Ballou My Poet Kiersten Coulter The Zorya Libby Hotchin Finn and Me Delanie Woodlock smile forms in the place of scars Ursula Blattman Branka Sandi Hall Home Comforts Shannon-Caroline Taylor Memories of Love Honoured Section Six The Dogs of Our Lives Moira Rayner Good Dogs, Heaven and Me Rose Zwi A Tale of Two Dogs Cathie Dunsford Watch Out for Falling Apples in the Garden Alison McMichael Dogs I Have Loved Kirstie Murdoch and Rye Senjen Haikus for Cassis Anne Coombs Dog Spirits Susan Varga Women and Their Dogs Diana Mummé Terrier Woman Sherron Dunbar Monkey and Other Barbie Burton Angel Jan Fook The Dogs of My Life Judy Horacek Permissions Photographic Credits |
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