Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

"A wonderful, unusual, and healing book. . . Read this book to affirm that love never dies, and you are not alone."—Sy Montgomery

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed.

E.B. Bartels has had a lot of pets—dogs, birds, fish, tortoises. As varied a bunch as they are, they’ve taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a pet, and to own a pet i...