A Small Furry Prayer, Steven Kotler
A Small Furry Prayer, Steven Kotler
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A Small Furry Prayer
Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life

Author: Steven Kotler

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/09/2010

Categories: Nonfiction, Pets


Synopsis

Steven Kotler was forty years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. "Love me, love my dogs" was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs—then ten, then twenty, and then they lost count—bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico. A Small Furry Prayer chronicles their adventures at Rancho de Chihuahua, the sanctuary they created for their special needs pack.

While dog rescue is one of the largest underground movements in America, it is also one of the least understood. An insider look at the "cult and culture" of dog rescue, A Small Furry Prayer weaves personal experience, cultural investigation, and scientific inquiry into a fast-paced, fun-filled narrative that explores what it means to devote one's life to the furry and the four-legged. Along the way, Kotler combs through every aspect of canine-human relations, from humans' long history with dogs through brand-new research into the neuroscience of canine companionship, in the end discovering why living in a world made of dog may be the best way to uncover the truth about what it really means to be human.

About Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. His books include Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, West of Jesus, and A Small Furry Prayer. His work has been translated into over forty languages and appeared in over 100 publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Time, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes.


Reviews

There are very few books that I finish actually speechless. Most of the time, in the course of reading, I make a few notes of things I want to be sure to include in the review. Not this one. This one swept me away so completely I could only read, I couldn't even think about the experience of reading......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Actual rating: 3.5 stars. A Goodreads friend recommended I read this book, and I must say I'm glad I did. Written by a professional writer and dog-lover, A Small Furry Prayer recounts the work of a husband and wife team of dog rescuers, a couple who adopt dogs slated for death at animal shelters in o......more

Goodreads review by Larry

I love dog books. I read all dog books. I read dog books from training books, to breed tomes, to stuff like Marley and Dog On It,(a good detective story by the way). If you read dog books too this book is a must. It is the best mixture of story and science about, or related to, dogs I have read in a......more

I had a new book to begin, but it was late at night, and I knew I only had about 15 minutes until I should go to bed, or decide to stay up until morning, reading. Starting a new book would probably end up being the latter. I had bought A Small Furry Prayer years ago, when I was feeling brave. I had......more