The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives

by Jessica Pierce

Book Overview

From the moment when we first open our homes--and our hearts--to a new pet, we know that one day we will have to watch this beloved animal age and die. The pain of that eventual separation is the cruel corollary to the love we share with them, and most of us deal with it by simply ignoring its inevitability. With The Last Walk , Jessica Pierce makes a forceful case that our pets, and the love we bear them, deserve better. Drawing on the moving story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226668460
• ISBN13: 9780226668468
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"