A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life - Softcover

Kotler, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608193039 ISBN 13: 9781608193035

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2011

Synopsis

Dog rescue is one of the largest underground movements in America. It is also one of the least understood. This insider look at the culture of dog rescue begins with Kotler's personal experience working with an ever-peculiar pack of dogs and becomes a much deeper investigation into exactly what it means to devote one's life to the furry and the four-legged, in the end showing why living in a world of dogs may be the best way to uncover the truth about what it really means to be human.

Praise for A Small Furry Prayer:

"It's amazing and also very encouraging to find a book like this one, filled with original thought and plenty of new information. And if that's not enough, it's a great read, a real page-turner. I strongly recommend it to anyone." -Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

"This gritty journey into ,'a world made of dog' is unlike any dog story you've ever read." -Christian Science Monitor

"Anyone who is interested in the human-animal connection, the bond that we feel with our dogs, will find this book fascinating. It's almost a guarantee that you will look at your dog in a totally different way." -San Francisco Examiner

"Joyous...Brimming with humor, gratitude, and grace, this is a remarkable story." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About this title

About the Author

Steven Kotler is the author of the novel The Angle Quickest for Flight, a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, and the non-fiction West of Jesus, a 2006 PEN West finalist. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Wired, Discover, Popular Science, Details, Outside, National Geographic, and elsewhere, and he writes "The Playing Field," a blog about the science of sport for PsychologyToday.com. Kotler runs the Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary with his wife in New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608193039
• ISBN 13: 9781608193035
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312