Animals Taught Me Everything

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What can a wagging tail and soaring wings teach us about a life well lived? "Houston's heart and spirit worked on me like the strongest medicine. This is a book I desperately neede d--grateful it fell into my hands!"--MONA SUSAN POWER, A Council of DollsFrom 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. Show more