{"product_id":"the-new-work-of-dogs-tending-to-life-love-and-family-9780375760556","title":"The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family","description":"In 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJon Katz has written twelve books--six novels and six works of nonfiction. A two-time finalist for \u003cbr\u003ethe National Magazine Award, he has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Wired. He is a contributing editor to public radio's Marketplace and to Bark magazine. A member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, he lives in northern New Jersey with his wife, Paula Span, a reporter for \u003cbr\u003eThe Washington Post; their college-student daughter, Emma Span; and their two dogs. Katz is working on his next book, which is about women and dogs. He can be e-mailed at jonkatz3@comcast.net.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323944997138,"sku":"9780375760556","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a3af974-0ea6-44ee-b8c7-243b7b59635a.jpg?v=1727662377","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-work-of-dogs-tending-to-life-love-and-family-9780375760556","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}