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A heartfelt exploration of human grief after the loss of a pet by the New York Times bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love.

Over 84 million Americans—almost 3/4 of the US population—own a pet, and our society is still learning how to recognize and dignify that relationship with proper mourning rituals. We have only recently allowed the conversation of how to grieve for our non-human family members to come front and center.

Lost Companions fills a specific, important demand, a massive need in the market for an accessible, meaningful book on pet loss. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson takes a very personal, heartfelt approach to this difficult subject, allowing readers to explore their own responses and reactions, suggesting ways through and out of grief, as well as meaningful ways to memorialize our best friends.

Lost Companions is full of moving, thought-provoking and poignant stories about dogs, cats, horses, birds, wombats and other animals that beautifully illustrate the strong bond humans form with them.

ISBN-13: 9781250796684

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Publication Date: 12-07-2021

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 5.25(w) x 7.37(h) x 0.74(d)

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is among the most popular and admired writers on the emotional life of animals in the world. His books have sold over 2 million copies worldwide. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Dogs Never Lie About Love and When Elephants Weep, among many others, and lives with his family in Bondi Beach, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface: My Encounter with the Angel of Death xiii

Introduction: Grieving for an Animal Is What Makes Us Human Animals 1

1 Are You and Your Dog One? 13

2 Their Only Fault: Dying Before We Are Ready 29

3 All Things Bright and Beautiful Must Have an End: Dying Dogs 45

4 Cats Know More About Death Than We Suspect 67

5 The Time of Death 81

6 Grieving the Wild Friend 97

7 Heartbreak: Children and the Death of Pets 143

8 Should We Eat Our Friends? 157

9 Dogs in the Rest of the World 167

10 Rage Against the Dying of the Light: The Psychology of Grieving for an Animal 181

11 I Will Not Get Another Dog or Cat, or Will I? 193

12 Healing Rituals That Memorialize Lost Animals 207

Conclusion: The Never-ending Grief of Saying Good-bye 237

Postscript 245