Goodbye, Dear Friend: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Pet - Couverture rigide

Ironside, Virginia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1906217939 ISBN 13 : 9781906217938

Editeur : JR Books Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

In this remarkable and much needed book, agony aunt Virginia Ironside recounts some of the experiences of those of us – from ordinary people today to Freud and Sir Walter Scott – who have loved, and lost, a pet, and lifts the taboo that can cause enormous distress to grieving pet owners.

It’ s not odd, crazy or maladjusted to cry and feel utterly lost when a pet dies. Often that pet has been a close friend – uncritical, loyal and devoted. It never answered back, has played in a way that friends wouldn’ t, and has never left home like children do. There is no need to keep grief hidden or wonder why we can’ t immediately ‘ replace’ our dead pet with another. Feelings deserve understanding and respect.

Goodbye, Dear Friend acknowledges both the extent and depth of grief of a pet. Based on an avalanche of letters about pet loss on her problem pages, Virginia Ironside takes us through the process of grieving to putting a pet to sleep, and from taking comfort in memorials to whether there is a ‘ pet heaven’ , concluding with useful contacts. Goodbye, Dear Friend is an essential book for every pet owner, young or old, and will bring great comfort and solace at a time when one feels most alone.

Virginia Ironside has been a journalist all her life. She was a rock columnist for the Daily Mail in the 'sixties, a television reviewer and a columnist for teenage magazines. She has written several novels and children's books, the latest being No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club – Diary of a Sixtieth Year. She has been a problem page editor at Woman and the Sunday Mirror for many years and now has a regular column in the Independent and the Oldie.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Virginia Ironside has been a journalist all her life. She was a rock columnist for the Daily Mail in the 'sixties, a television reviewer and a columnist for teenage magazines. She has written several novels and children's books, the latest being No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club - Diary of a Sixtieth Year. She has been a problem page editor at Woman and the Sunday Mirror for many years and now has a regular column in the Independent and the Oldie.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: JR Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906217939
• ISBN 13: 9781906217938
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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