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Why is it considered irrational, even crazy, to love the animals in our lives as much as the humans? In The $60,000 Dog, Lauren Slater brilliantly and unforgettably interrogates this question by revealing how an emotionally intense bond with animals shaped the course of her development as an individual. With unmatched verbal acuity and bite, Slater revisits many of the most challenging, redemptive, and defining events in her life—from her childhood experience at a horseback-riding camp run by an abusive family to the marital difficulties that arose when she decided to neuter the family dog against her husband’s wishes. In recounting a love of animals that has at times driven her to extremes—for example, attempting as a rebellious young vet tech to get plastic surgery for an injured swan—Slater makes sense of our human dependence on animals, refuting the guilt that we may feel for loving our pets “too much.”
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Praise for"The $60,000 Dog"
"Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." --"Kirkus Reviews
""A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."--"Booklist"
"Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."--Pam Houston, "MORE"magazine
"Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's" The $60,000 Dog "is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."--"Boston Globe"
"A thoughtful memoir unravels the depth of our animal attachments."--"Elle
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"It's the fearlessness along with the beauty that makes "The $60,000 Dog" a work of lasting achievement."--"Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Praise for Lauren Slater
"The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."-- "Claire Messud, Newsday
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"A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."-- Michael Winerip, " The New York Times Book Review
""An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."-- "Elle
""Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."-- Joseph P. Kahn, " The Boston Globe
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"Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."--"The San Francisco Chronicle
"
"From the Hardcover edition."
Praise for The $60,000 Dog "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." --Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."--Booklist "Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."--Pam Houston, MORE magazine "Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's The $60,000 Dog is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."--Boston Globe "A thoughtful memoir unravels the depth of our animal attachments."--Elle
"It's the fearlessness along with the beauty that makes The $60,000 Dog a work of lasting achievement."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
Praise for Lauren Slater "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."-- Claire Messud, Newsday
"A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."-- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."-- Elle "Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."-- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe
"Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."--The San Francisco Chronicle
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author:
"Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." --"Kirkus Reviews
""A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."--"Booklist"
"Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."--Pam Houston, "MORE"magazine
"Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's" The $60,000 Dog "is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."--"Boston Globe"
"A thoughtful memoir unravels the depth of our animal attachments."--"Elle
"
"It's the fearlessness along with the beauty that makes "The $60,000 Dog" a work of lasting achievement."--"Minneapolis Star Tribune
"
Praise for Lauren Slater
"The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."-- "Claire Messud, Newsday
"
"A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."-- Michael Winerip, " The New York Times Book Review
""An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."-- "Elle
""Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."-- Joseph P. Kahn, " The Boston Globe
"
"Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."--"The San Francisco Chronicle
"
"From the Hardcover edition."
Praise for The $60,000 Dog "Slater continually surprises wtih connections she makes. Beautifully written, and not just for animal lovers." --Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful examination of a sometimes difficult life, ameliorated and often alleviated by connections with nature and animals. . . .Dogs, wasps, and bats also figure in a poetic narrative that gives the reader a melodic look into a deeply considered life."--Booklist "Assumption-busting, gut--wrenching, life-affirming."--Pam Houston, MORE magazine "Edgy, revelatory, disturbing, and beautifully written, Lauren Slater's The $60,000 Dog is too unsentimental and idiosyncratic in structure to be lumped in with more traditional animal books."--Boston Globe "A thoughtful memoir unravels the depth of our animal attachments."--Elle
"It's the fearlessness along with the beauty that makes The $60,000 Dog a work of lasting achievement."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
Praise for Lauren Slater "The beauty of Lauren Slater's prose is shocking. . . . Slater's vision is, ultimately, one of unity and possibility."-- Claire Messud, Newsday
"A lovely writer, easily read, often poetic."-- Michael Winerip, The New York Times Book Review "An enormously poetic and ebullient writer."-- Elle "Slater's writing is confessional without being sentimental, honest without being overbearing."-- Joseph P. Kahn, The Boston Globe
"Slater is more poet than narrator, more philosopher than psychologist, more artist than doctor. . . . Every page brims with beautifully rendered images of thoughts, feelings, emotional states."--The San Francisco Chronicle
From the Hardcover edition.
Lauren Slater is the author of six books, including Welcome to My Country, Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir, Opening Skinner's Box, the short-story collection Blue Beyond Blue, and Love Works Like This, which chronicled the agonizing decisions she made relating to her psychiatric illness and her pregnancy. Slater has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2004 National Endowments for the Arts Award, multiple inclusions in Best American volumes, and a Knight Science Journalism fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Slater was a practicing psychologist for eleven years before embarking on a full-time writing career. She served as the clinical and later executive director of AfterCare Services. Slater lives and writes in Harvard, Massachusetts.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0393081117
- ISBN 13 9780393081114
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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