{"product_id":"new-work-of-dogs-tending-to-life-love-and-family","title":"New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJon Katz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375760556\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn an increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated not as pets, but as family members and human surrogates. \u003cb\u003eThe New Work of Dogs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprofiles a dozen such relationships in a New Jersey town, like the story of Harry, a Welsh corgi who provides sustaining emotional strength for a woman battling terminal breast cancer; Cherokee, companion of a man who has few friends and doesn't know how to talk to his family; the Divorced Dogs Club, whose funny, acerbic, and sometimes angry women turn to their dogs to help them rebuild their lives; and Betty Jean, the frantic founder of a tiny rescue group that has saved five hundred dogs from abuse or abandonment in recent years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawn from hundreds of interviews and conversations with dog lovers and canine professionals, \u003cb\u003eThe New Work of Dogs\u003c\/b\u003e combines compelling personal narratives with a penetrating look at human\/animal attachment, and it presents a vivid portrait of a community--and, by extension, an entire nation--that is turning to its pets for emotional support and stability in a changing and uncertain world.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family | Jon Katz | Paperback | 9780375760556 | Used: Very Good | Pets \u0026 Animals 1760520 (temp: 7)","offer_id":49202262737048,"sku":"1760520","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61_JyVoX0hL.jpg?v=1780869850","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/new-work-of-dogs-tending-to-life-love-and-family","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}