atricia’s first dog set her on a dog-lovin’ journey at age eight. For the next seventy-plus years, rarely has she been without a dog of her own. Whether meeting shy and sleek Bandi-Lune or feisty Gavroche Napoléon, readers will come to love the ten dogs in Patricia’s life and feel the heartbreak of their loss. As Patricia writes about her dogs’ deaths, she reveals a growing willingness to become stronger in her life, even in the most challenging situations.
Readers will discover how dogs can help them learn to listen better, trust and be trusted, nurture each other, and love with all their hearts. If you are a dog person, this book is for you. If you want to better understand someone who loves dogs––or if you are considering getting a dog yourself––then this book is for you. Or, if you know someone who loves dogs, share this book with them.
atricia Eagle’s lifetime of relationships with dogs reveals the clarity, strength, and wisdom she gained from them, even in the most challenging of situations, over six decades. As Eagle recounts stories about becoming a more responsible dog owner and companion, and a better human, her dogs come alive, each with their own unique personality, from the feisty to the meek.
If you are a dog person, this book is for you. If you know someone who loves dogs, share this book with them. Or if you want to better understand someone who loves dogs––or if you are considering getting a dog yourself––read this book. Discover how dogs can change you and can help you learn to listen better, to trust and be trusted, to nurture with devotion, and to love with all your heart.
The sheer magnitude of Eagle’s narrative, its lessons, losses, and loves is brought to life by a candid, witty narrator whose lifetime of relationships with dogs changed her way of seeing and being in the world.
– Sharon Hope Fabriz, storyteller, editor, author of Circling Toward Home
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