I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of...
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Superbly written book.
You can feel the anguish, the joy, the embarrasment, the sheer exuberance, and every other emotion that the family experience. This connection can only come about when a very good wordsmith pens the story.
When you read it (especially if you are/were a dog owner/lover), many times you will be transported through episodes of your own life with canine companions.
It is hard to believe that the dog exploits are absolute, and the human ones fictionalised, because reading it seems to tend toward the opposite viewpoint.
There are sections I have re-read just for the sheer enjoyment.
Well worth buying!
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Of Mutts and Men by Cate Garrison
byronnicol, July 19, 2008
Superbly written book.You can feel the anguish, the joy, the embarrasment, the sheer exuberance, and every other emotion that the family experience. This connection can only come about when a very good wordsmith pens the story.
When you read it (especially if you are/were a dog owner/lover), many times you will be transported through episodes of your own life with canine companions.
It is hard to believe that the dog exploits are absolute, and the human ones fictionalised, because reading it seems to tend toward the opposite viewpoint.
There are sections I have re-read just for the sheer enjoyment.
Well worth buying!
(4 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)