Title:
Off the leash : a year at the dog park / Matthew Gilbert.
ISBN:
9781250014221
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
x, 227 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Fall. Backstories ; Sidewalk traffic ; The Purell Incident ; Pack of freaks -- Winter. Dookie ; Caravan Margo ; Lesson learned ; The Charlottes ; The Chewy Project ; Dogs are dummies ; The dog Nazis -- Spring. The R. Crumb cigar ; Cell phone lady ; Sparks ; We are Saul ; As the table turns ; Crushing -- Summer. Departures ; Haters ; Clash of innocents ; Families of choice ; Outro.
Summary:
This is "a group portrait of dog people, specifically the strange, wonderful, neurotic, and eccentric dog people who gather at Amory Park, overlooking Boston near Fenway Park. And it's about author Matthew Gilbert's transformation, after much fear and loathing of dogs and social groups, into one of those dog people with fur on their jackets, squeaky toys in their hands, and biscuits in their pockets"--Dust jacket flap.
OCLC Number:
ocn857982384
Availability:
Lakeville - Heritage~1
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
