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Author:
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Publisher:
Celadon Books
Date:
April 21, 2020
The New York Times opinion columnist and author of She's Not There, a memoir about her gender transition, considers her personal history through the lens of seven memorable pet dogs and their impact on her life.
What The Reviewers Say
Reading Boylan’s memoirs is like working on a three-dimensional puzzle that mysteriously creates space for more pieces. Each of Boylan’s memoirs, complete unto itself, yields insight into the author and those closest to her, and Good Boy is as affecting and funny as anything Boylan has ever written.
Boylan’s observations on the bonds between humans and canines are both deeply felt and often moving.
Boylan’s experiences are expressed with a captivating blend of deep reflection and wry humor, delving into her discomfort in her skin as a young boy, struggles in relationships, the death of her father, her transition to womanhood, and her child’s own transition. The dogs are wonderfully portrayed with all of their quirks. Boylan makes astute observations about the way that dogs reflect back their owner’s struggles, sometimes in unexpected ways.
The path was not easy, yet [Boylan] injects warmth, humor and spirituality into its retelling.
