| Edition |
Random House Trade Paperbacks edition. |
| Description |
xxxii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Animal dreams : Orson -- The good life -- Speaking for your pet -- The perfect day -- Making a decision you can live with -- Responsibility and judgment -- Animal dreams : Elvis -- Before : brace yourself -- After : welcome grief -- Grieving around others -- Helping yourself, helping others -- Grieving and healing through stories -- Animal dreams : Stanley -- Guilt -- Saying goodbye -- Perspective -- Helping children -- Getting another pet -- Letter from a dog -- Afterword / by Debra A. Katz, M.D. |
| Summary |
Presents a meditation on coping with the loss of an animal who has enriched one's life, sharing observations on the ways in which people grieve for their pets, related philosophical quesions, and the process of letting go. |
| Note |
Originally published in hard cover and in slightly different form in the United States by Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2011. |
| Subject |
Pet owners -- Psychology.
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Pets -- Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Grief.
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Human-animal relationships.
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| ISBN |
9780345502704 paperback |
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0345502701 paperback |
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