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Zusatztext "As a memoirist! Jennings is a natural...For border terrier fans and owners...this book will be an unmitigated delight." -- Australian Book Review Informationen zum Autor Kate Jennings grew up in Australia and has lived in New York City since 1979. She is the author of a number of volumes of poetry, essays and short stories. Her novels are Snake and Moral Hazard, which won the 2003 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and the 2004 South Australian Festival Award for Fiction. Klappentext Kate Jennings, a poet, essayist, and novelist, grew up in the Australian Outback. She attended the University of Sydney in the late 1960s, where she gained notoriety as a feminist activist. She moved to New York City in 1979. Her novel "Snake" was a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year, as was "Moral Hazard, " which was based on her experiences as a Wall Street speech-writer. Her work has been in contention for the Booker, IMPAC, and "Los Angeles Times" literary prizes. In her native country, she has won the prestigious Christina Stead and Adelaide Festival prizes and was honored with the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Zusammenfassung Now in paperback! a wise and moving book about two border terriers and the woman who lost her heart to them. “If Stanley had been a tad less overbearing and Sophie a tad more submissive! everything would have been fine rather than a roller-coaster of high drama and hurt feelings. The dynamic—part gender! part sibling—was familiar: I’d lived it. How did it come about that I was spending my days adjudicat- ing between two dogs who were acting out the story of my life?” Award-winning author Kate Jennings is a fiercely intelligent writer! an astute observer of people and her surround- ings! an irascible Australian with no time for indulgent New Yorkers and their pampered pets! and a recent widow not yet ready to face her grief. Then she meets Stanley! “a tense bundle of muscle and sinew that stood seventeen inches high!” and her unexpected love affair began. Swept off her feet and surprised by the depth of her love! Jennings’s life is sud- denly overtaken by two border terriers: Stanley! and then a few years later! Sophie. First and foremost! Stanley & Sophie is a book about animals! understanding them! doing the best by them. But it is also a book about the way two rival- rous! demanding! idiosyncratic! exhilarating dogs gave Jennings daily purpose and showed her the way to her own heart. ...
