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Author:
Helen Humphreys
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
March 8, 2022
Upon adopting a new puppy, Fig, British-born Canadian novelist and longtime dog owner Humphreys considers what canines bring to the writer's life.
What The Reviewers Say
Part memoir, part extended essay, this quiet, understated book makes the case for the natural bond between writers and dogs.
Fig’s arrival does offer the opportunity to ponder the question: What does a dog bring to the writing life?.
... [a] tender tribute.
Besides chronicling the 'wild, unknowable demon' that was Fig, Humphreys offers a tender elegy to [her previous dog] Charlotte.
