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S'està carregant… Ever By My Side: A Memoir in Eight [Acts] Pets (edició 2011)de Nick Trout (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Lovely essays with some touching moments. ( ) This is Trout's third memoir, focusing on how the pets of his family influenced not only his career decision to become a veterinarian, but how his relationships with the animals, and his observations of others' (especially his father) informed his philosophy of animal-human interaction and relationships. This book made me really reflect on my own connection to my pets. A really well-written, engaging book that is both bittersweet as animals leave Trout's life, but also hopeful as it explores all that or pets add to our lives. Review copy courtesy of the publisher via Goodreads First Reads Dr. Nick Trout is a veterinary surgeon practicing at Boston's MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center. He's written some charming books about his experiences with patients; this is an equally charming book about his experiences with his own pets, from the first much-loved but inadequately socialized German shepherd growing up in England, to current pets shared with wife and daughters here in New England. In addition to the family pets, we meet Trout's family, his dog-loving father, and dog-tolerating mother and sister. If the mother is somewhat more than "tolerant" of dogs, and plays an active role in choosing at least some of those dogs, she's not going to admit it. At least not for many years! His father, though, is a real dog-lover, although many "dog people" will cringe at the lack of training the Trout family dogs receive. He's also a huge fan of James Herriot, reading the books and watching the BBC tv series religiously, and is thrilled as Nick becomes interested in a veterinary career. He comes to imagine a future with Nick as a country vet a la Herriot, and himself as Nick's practice manager, in the Yorkshire countryside. It's a vision that Nick doesn't embrace, especially once he's in veterinary school and discovers the challenge and attraction of veterinary surgery. This creates a certain amount of tension between them, and the elder Trout creates a bit more pressure with his insistence that Nick give the the two current dogs a "once over" on each visit home, long before Nick has any real veterinary knowledge, and despite the fact that the male in particular is not very tolerant of being examined. But this is a loving, devoted family. Nick's father wants what's best for him, even when it means giving up his own dream of managing his son's country practice--and even when it means his son moves across an ocean to be a veterinary surgeon in America. Nick learns from his father's dogs, and from his father. And they maintain a close connection even when an ocean apart. America brings him new experiences, not just in surgery, but in the form of a wife, daughters, and even the new and startling experience of cats as pets. This is a warm and loving memoir, and a different side of Nick Trout than we see in his other books. Recommended. Of the three Nick Trout books I've read, this one early hits a smooth stride, expressing not only the author's feelings, but those of his inspiring father and their dogs. It also thankfully features way fewer veterinarian technical surgery descriptions, dog diseases deaths and dying, instead focusing on live pet owners, everyone's humanity, and humor. Vet mistakes are not glossed over, but none this time are fatal. Just a minor change: where male = male, it is jarring to see bitch = female, however traditional. Female = female, non? This is a mildly interesting book about Nick Trout's relationship with family pets. He grew up in England in the 60s with parents who idolized James Herriot. They owned a few dogs over their lifetime and Nick's father was a doting and indulgent dog owner. Nick ends up in the USA, marries and owns a cat and dogs of his own. The story is really about the importance of pets in the relationship with humans and how a pet can bring out the best in people. He and his wife's second child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and Emily's dog Meg is central to her happiness. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
In a perfect follow-up to his first two books, Nick Trout turns his lens inward and offers a funny, moving, and thoughtful memoir about the animals he's had all his life. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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