Going home : finding peace when pets die

Summary: Presents a meditation on coping with the loss of an animal who has enriched one's life, sharing observations on the ways in which people grieve for their pets, related philosophical quesions, and the process of letting go.

Item details

ISBN: 9780345502704 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0345502701 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxxii, 166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Edition: Random House Trade Paperbacks ed.
Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Originally published in hard cover and in slightly different form in the United States by Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2011.

Formatted Contents Note:

Animal dreams : Orson -- The good life -- Speaking for your pet -- The perfect day -- Making a decision you can live with -- Responsibility and judgment -- Animal dreams : Elvis -- Before : brace yourself -- After : welcome grief -- Grieving around others -- Helping yourself, helping others -- Grieving and healing through stories -- Animal dreams : Stanley -- Guilt -- Saying goodbye -- Perspective -- Helping children -- Getting another pet -- Letter from a dog -- Afterword / by Debra A. Katz, M.D.