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Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 249 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they've passed"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A heartfelt exploration of human grief after the loss of a pet by the New York Times bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love. Over 84 million Americans-almost 3/4 of the US population-own a pet, and our society is still learning how to recognize and dignify that relationship with proper mourning rituals. We have only recently allowed the conversation of how to grieve for our non-human family members to come front and center. Lost Companions...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When your something wonderful becomes something dead, having a backyard funeral helps when everything feels awful and the words don't come."--Back cover.
8) Dog crazy
Author
Language
English
Description
"As a pet bereavement counselor, Maggie Brennan spends her days helping patients come to terms with losing their four-legged friends, but she's struggling with major problems of her own and can't seem to take her own advice. When she meets a woman who claims her dog is not dead, but missing, Maggie finds herself entangled in a mystery that will force her to face her biggest fear--and maybe just find new love along the way. A bighearted story and compelling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed. for the United States and Canada.
Physical Desc
29 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An experienced therapist shares reassuring, age-appropriate counsel about the painful feelings associated with losing a pet, exploring how children who are being introduced to death for the first time can take first steps toward emotional healing.
10) Pet sematary
Author
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creeds' beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing ... as is evidenced by the makeshift pet cemetary in the nearby woods. then there are the warnings to Louis, both real...
11) Pumpkin and me
Author
Series
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her beloved pet dog dies, a young girl finds it very difficult to overcome her feelings of sadness.
Author
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xi, 147 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Your relationship with your pet is special - it's a bond that is very different than those that human beings share with each other. When a beloved pet passes away, people often resort to incorrect mechanisms to deal with the grief, such as trying to move too quickly past the loss (dismissing the real impact), or even attempting to replace the pet immediately. However, these are merely two myths out of six that the authors discuss and dismantle in...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 244 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lightbeat, epic account of how the 20-something author brought her giant English Mastiff to her first tiny New York apartment after college, while navigating boyfriends, first jobs, her mother's illness and a bucket list that involves her dog's participation,"--NoveList.
"Lauren Fern Watt moved to New York City after graduating from college, and she took her enormous 160-pound mastiff, Gizelle, along for the ride. It wasn't easy, but Lauren managed...
17) Sonya's chickens
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them. Everywhere Sonya goes, her chicks are peeping at her heels. Under her care, the chicks grow into hens and even give Sonya a wonderful gift: an egg! One night, Sonya hears noises coming from the chicken coop and discovers that one of her hens has disappeared. Where did the hen go? What happened to her? When Sonya discovers the answers,...
Author
Publisher
TRISTAN Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
ix, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
My Boy, Ben is the true story of David Wheaton's close companionship with an unforgettable yellow Lab named Ben. The journey begins with David pursuing his dream on the professional tennis tour yet facing the reality that his desire to get a dog will not be possible while being on the road for months on end. A surprising letter received under his hotel room door in a faraway country changed everything. And soon David returned home to an unexpected...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From "one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today" (Gillian Flynn), The Killing Habit again brings together favorite wild-card detective Tom Thorne and straight-laced DI Nicola Tanner on a pair of lethally high-stakes cases. While DI Nicola Tanner investigates the deadly spread of a dangerous new drug, Tom Thorne is handed a case that he doesn't take too seriously, until a spate of animal killings points to the...
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