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Animals Taught Me Everything

by Pam Houston

Lessons in living, learned from animals

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  • Critical praise

    Publishers Weekly starred review

    Starred review; described as “a loving testament to the way animals can shape a life.”

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Lessons in living, learned from animals

Pam Houston’s essays draw on encounters with animals ranging from Icelandic mares and Irish wolfhounds to elephants, leopards, hyenas, and a desert-adapted lioness named Charlie. Across these varied creatures, the collection considers how animals can illuminate play, rest, love, mortality, and presence with both the living and the dying. It also connects attention to animals with a wider awareness of the Earth, while tracing the possibility of finding joy in unexpected places. The book’s organizing idea is that animal life can offer a lens on the choices and experiences that shape a human life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in essay collections about animals and human experience.
  • Readers drawn to reflections on mortality, care, presence, and the natural world.

Themes

Animals and human experiencePlay, rest, and loveMortality and carePresence and the EarthFinding joy

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Book overview

What can a wagging tail and soaring wings teach us about a life well lived?

"A loving testament to the way animals can shape a life."
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) ★

From Icelandic mares and Irish wolfhounds to elephants, leopards, hyenas, and a desert-adapted lioness named Charlie, Pam Houston has learned life's most important lessons from animals. How to play. How to rest. How to love. How to die. How to be present with the dying. How to be present with the living and with the Earth. How to find joy in the least likely places. How to find joy, literally, everywhere. With playful sincerity, Houston finds power and promise in the teachings of our fellow creatures and reminds us that animals are here for us, every day and everywhere.
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