Living with Freddie

An extraordinary memoir about learning to see the world through a dogs eyes, by a New Yorker writer and animal behaviour expert

The canine answer to Raising Hare or H is for HawkTHE TIMES

A touching memoir . . . leaving the reader feeling enlarged and enlightened ELIF BATUMAN

Erudite and deeply compassionate - a profound meditation on our relationship with dogs that will change the way you think and feel about them and, perhaps, the way you perceive yourselfMONICA ALI

The perfect book for those of us who constantly gaze into the eyes of our beloved dog and dont really have a clue what were seeingTONY ROBINSON

A beautiful, moving and heartfelt tribute to the most special relationship on planet earth - the bond between humans and our dogsTONY PARSONS, author of Man & Dog

When Anna Heyward adopted Freddie, a rescued Italian greyhound, she was thrilled to bring a dog into her life. But Freddie, she quickly realised, had separation anxiety and was unable to be left alone. Some would have given up and returned the dog to the rescue centre but Anna, instead, became obsessed with trying to help Freddie, which meant putting her relationship, social life and job at risk. As Anna observed Freddies behavior, she began to change - but not in the way you might expect.

Living with Freddie elegantly weaves memoir with animal science, and evolving ideas around behaviour and intelligence. But at its heart, this is a beautiful, heart-wrenching portrait of the relationship between a human and a dog. And at the end of Freddies story, you, too, may find yourself changed.

Moving . . . awakens a deeper sense of compassion for ourselves and dogs alikeIrish Independent

Heyward writes with great clarity, heart, and franknessSUSAN ORLEAN

Compelling, vivid, and essentialSY MONTGOMERY, author of The Soul of an Octopus

An extraordinary, beautifully written book . . . a stunning meditation on the bond between beasts and humansMARC BEKOFF, Ph.D. author of Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine and The Emotional Lives of Animals

Heyward writes with sublime curiosity, uncommon lucidity, and an open heart-about her dog Freddie, yes, but also about love, devotion, suffering, natural selection, conditioning, and humans relationship with the nonhuman world. I couldnt put it downCAROLYN KORMANN