Canine Devotion Turns Ordinary Life into a Tender Memoir
Dog stories rarely need much explanation, but the good ones understand the chaos as well as the devotion. This memoir-style read should appeal to anyone who knows a pet can reorder a life, soften a person and become family history.
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Canine Devotion Turns Ordinary Life into a Tender Memoir
Dog stories rarely need much explanation, but the good ones understand the chaos as well as the devotion. This memoir-style read should appeal to anyone who knows a pet can reorder a life, soften a person and become family history.
- Book Synopsis
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""Nobody will ever love you like a dog. Nobody will ever be as consistently happy to see you. Nobody will ever make you so glad to be alive."" It all started when Tony's daughter Yasmin wanted a rabbit, but things didn't quite go to plan. Instead came Stan, a bandy-legged bundle of joy, loyalty, and bright red fur. Set against the backdrop of Tony's life in Hampstead and their daily walks across the Heath, with its rolling hills, ponds, and cast of star-studded, dog-walking neighbours - this is a poignant, funny, and deeply human memoir about special a relationship with a four-legged friend. Full of Tony's reliably moving, wise and heartfelt writing, Man & Dog: A Love Story captures the ineffable bond between a man and his dog.
Ideal for readers who:
- Are dog lovers who understand how a pet can change the rhythm of a life.
- Settle into a warm memoir about Stan, loyalty and daily walks across Hampstead Heath.
- Reach for funny, tender writing about family, ageing, companionship and devotion.
- Recognise how deeply a dog can become part of someone's identity.
- About The Author
- Tony Parsons is an award-winning journalist and a bestselling novelist. His books have been published in over forty languages and his multi-million selling novel Man and Boy won the Book of the Year prize in 2000. His first job in journalism was as a staff writer on the NME and for the last thirty years, he has been one of the most widely-read columnists in Fleet Street. Last year Tony wrote about the loss of his beloved dog Stan in The Sun on Sunday, a column that went viral and inspired his memoir Man & Dog: A Love Story.
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- ISBN
- 9780241807637
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- DK RED, (10 September 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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