Lost companions : reflections on the death of pets / Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Bib ID:
- 8537021
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Masson, J. Moussaieff (Jeffrey Moussaieff), 1941-, author
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Description:
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- Sydney : Murdoch Books, an imprint of Allen & Unwin, 2020
- ©2020
- xxiii, 247 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781922351159 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Our society is still learning how to dignify the relationship between a pet and their human 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 centre. In examining the special bond between pets and their people, Jeffery Moussaieff Masson validates the grief that we feel when a special pet dies. Lost Companions is full of poignant stories about dogs, cats, horses, birds, wombats and other animals that beautifully illustrate the strong bond humans form with them. 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, Lost Companions is a thought-provoking book on pet loss. Masson takes a personal approach, allowing readers to explore their own responses, suggesting ways through and out of grief, as well as meaningful ways to memorialize our best friends.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: Grieving for an animal is what makes us human animals?
- Are you and your dog one?
- Their only fault: Dying before we are ready
- All things bright and beautiful must have an end: Dying dogs
- Cats know more about death than we suspect
- The time of death
- Grieving the wild friend
- Heartbreak: Children and the death of pets
- Should we eat our friends?
- Dogs in the rest of the world
- Rage against the dying of the light: The psychology of grieving for an animal
- I will not get another dog or cat, or will I?
- Healing rituals that memorialize lost animals
- Conclusion: The never-ending grief of saying good-bye.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2020
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