Lost companions : reflections on the death of pets Cover Image

Large Print Book

Lost companions : reflections on the death of pets / Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.

Masson, J. Moussaieff (Jeffrey Moussaieff), 1941- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781432885175
ISBN: 1432885170
Physical Description: 305 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Edition: Thorndike Press Large Print.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2021].
Copyright: 2021.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: My encounter with the Angel of Death -- Introduction: Grieving for an animal is what makes us human animals -- Are you and your dog one? -- Their only fault: dying before we are ready -- All things bright and beautiful must have an end: dying dogs -- Cats know more bout death than we suspect -- The time of death -- Grieving the wild friend -- Heartbreak: children and the death of pets -- Should we eat our friends? -- Dogs in the rest of the world -- Rage against the dying of the light: the psychology of grieving for an animal -- I will not get another dog or cat, or will I? -- Healing rituals that memorialize lost animals -- Conclusion: The never-ending grief of saying good-bye -- Postscript.