Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have...
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Author: E. B. Bartels
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by Bartels, E. B.

Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

¥6,338

Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

¥6,338
Author: E. B. Bartels
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they've passed.

E.B. Bartels has had a lot of pets--dogs, birds, fish, tortoises. As varied a bunch as they are, they've taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a pet, and to own a pet is also--with rare exception--to lose that pet in time.

But while we have codified traditions to mark the passing of our fellow humans, most cultures don't have the same for pets. Bartels takes us from Massachusetts to Japan, from ancient Egypt to the modern era, in search of the good pet death. We meet veterinarians, archaeologists, ministers, and more, offering an idiosyncratic, inspiring array of rituals--from the traditional (scattering ashes, commissioning a portrait), to the grand (funereal processions, mausoleums), to the unexpected (taxidermy, cloning). The central lesson: there is no best practice when it comes to mourning your pet, except to care for them in death as you did in life, and find the space to participate in their end as fully as you can.

Punctuated by wry, bighearted accounts of Bartels's own pets and their deaths, Good Grief is a cathartic companion through loving and losing our animal family.




Author: E. B. Bartels
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 08/02/2022
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 7.54h x 5.28w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780358212331


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/23/2022
Library Journal 06/01/2022 pg. 164
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2022
Shelf Awareness 08/05/2022
Booklist 07/29/2022

About the Author
E.B. BARTELS is a former Newtonville Books bookseller and a GrubStreet instructor, with an MFA from Columbia. Her writing has been published in Catapult, The Rumpus, The Millions, and The Toast. She lives in the Greater Boston area.

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