{"product_id":"on-animals-by-susan-orlean-paperback","title":"On Animals by Susan Orlean (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Magnificent.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e * “Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e * “Spectacular.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(Minneapolis)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e* “Full of astonishments.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSusan Orlean—the beloved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e staff writer hailed as “a national treasure” by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and the author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Library Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,” writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHerbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she’s been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they abide by us. Now, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Animals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories consider a range of creatures—the household pets we dote on, the animals we raise to end up as meat on our plates, the creatures who could eat us for dinner, the various tamed and untamed animals we share our planet with who are central to human life. In her own backyard, Orlean discovers the delights of keeping chickens. In a different backyard, in New Jersey, she meets a woman who has twenty-three pet tigers—something none of her neighbors knew about until one of the tigers escapes. In Iceland, the world’s most famous whale resists the efforts to set him free; in Morocco, the world’s hardest-working donkeys find respite at a special clinic. We meet a show dog and a lost dog and a pigeon who knows exactly how to get home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts delightful and profound, enriched by Orlean’s stylish prose and precise research, these stories celebrate the meaningful cross-species connections that grace our collective existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45985986347174,"sku":"","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/613owyFtxbL._SL1500.jpg?v=1732923617","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/on-animals-by-susan-orlean-paperback","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}