Short Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance
Autor Janice Garyen Limba Engleză Paperback – aug 2013
Janice Gary never walked alone without a dog - a big dog. Once, she was an adventurer, a girl who ran off to California with big dreams and hopes of leaving her past behind. But after a brutal rape, her youthful bravado vanished, replaced by a crippling need for safety. When she rescues a gangly Lab-Rottweiler pup,Gary is sure she’s found her biggest protector yet. But after Barney is attacked by a vicious dog, he becomes a clone of his attacker, trying to kill any dog that comes near him. Walking with Barney is impossible. Yet walking without him is unthinkable.
After years of being exiled by her terror and Barney’s defensiveness, Janice risks taking her dog to a park near the Chesapeake Bay. There, she begins the messy, lurching process of walking into her greatest fears. As the leash of the past unravels, Barney sheds the defensive behaviors that once shackled him and Gary steps out of the self-imposed isolation that held her captive for three decades. Beautifully written, Short Leash is much more than a “dog story” or a book about recovering from trauma. It is a moving tale of love and loss, the journey of a broken soul finding itsway toward wholeness.
After years of being exiled by her terror and Barney’s defensiveness, Janice risks taking her dog to a park near the Chesapeake Bay. There, she begins the messy, lurching process of walking into her greatest fears. As the leash of the past unravels, Barney sheds the defensive behaviors that once shackled him and Gary steps out of the self-imposed isolation that held her captive for three decades. Beautifully written, Short Leash is much more than a “dog story” or a book about recovering from trauma. It is a moving tale of love and loss, the journey of a broken soul finding itsway toward wholeness.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781611860726
ISBN-10: 1611860725
Pagini: 246
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press
ISBN-10: 1611860725
Pagini: 246
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press
Notă biografică
Janice Gary’s writing has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Goucher College and is a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Cuprins
October 1991 - Savannah Georgia
Chapter 1. October 2001
Chapter 2. Fall 2001
Chapter 3. November 2001
Chapter 4. The Southern Love Puppy
Chapter 5. Dr. Barney and Mr. Hyde
Chapter 6. Winter 2002
Chapter 7. The Four-Legged Crutch
Chapter 8. March 2002
Chapter 9. Spring 2002
Chapter 10. Summer 2002
Chapter 11. Random Acts
Chapter 12. Fall 2002
Chapter 13. Winter 2003
Chapter 14. Spring 2003
Chapter 15. Summer 2003
Chapter 16. Fall 2003
Chapter 17. Melting
Chapter 18. Winter 2004
Chapter 19. Tuesdays in the Park
Chapter 20. Spring 2004
Chapter 21. June 2004
Chapter 22. Summer 2004
Chapter 23. Next Steps
Chapter 24. Fall 2004
Chapter 25. Smoke and Mirrors
Chapter 26. Winter 2005
Chapter 27. March Madness
Chapter 28. Spring 2005
Chapter 29. Third Wheel, Sixth Sense
Chapter 30. Summer 2005
Chapter 31. Fall 2005
Chapter 32. Going Back
Chapter 33. November 2005
Chapter 34. Winter 2006
Chapter 35. February 2006
Chapter 36. Spring 2006
Chapter 37. Summer 2006
Acknowledgments
Recenzii
“Janice Gary achieves a remarkable feat, taking the reader on a vast inward journey toward freedom from the effects of real trauma in her youth by walking her dog in a public park. With Barney by her side, she faces her deepest fears and discovers the grace of the natural world, the power of love, and the potency of her own strengths. There were innumerable times when I was just knocked over by this book. This is a stunningly beautiful story told by a gifted writer.”
—Meredith Hall, author of Without a Map
—Meredith Hall, author of Without a Map
“Short Leash is about finding the courage to hope despite what happened in the past and what will happen to those you love in the future. It’s about discovering that it’s never too late to grow out of pain and into strength. Plus, there is the dog. Reading this made me snuggle mine for a very long time.”
—Susan Kushner Resnick, author of You Saved Me, Too and Goodbye Wifes and Daughters
—Susan Kushner Resnick, author of You Saved Me, Too and Goodbye Wifes and Daughters
“Gary’s book reminds me not only of what dogs bring to our lives—their warmth, strength, and acceptance of the imperfect humans they live with—but of what words are for. The words in Short Leash leap off the page, carving Barney, his imperfect human, and their extraordinary landscape deep into my memory. Luminously spiritual, unflinchingly honest, this book re-makes its genres into a profound meditation.”
—Louise Bernikow, author of Dreaming in Libro: How a Good Dog Tamed a Bad Woman and Bark If You Love Me
—Louise Bernikow, author of Dreaming in Libro: How a Good Dog Tamed a Bad Woman and Bark If You Love Me
“Sometimes redemption comes in the form of a rambunctious four-legged creature. Such is the case with Gary’s debut memoir. In this beautifully written book, the author’s beloved dog Barney tugs and ultimately drags his emotionally damaged human companion through parks and paths to an inner place of strength, joy, and freedom from her painful past.”
—Mira Bartók, author of the National Book Critics Circle award–winning memoir, The Memory Palace
—Mira Bartók, author of the National Book Critics Circle award–winning memoir, The Memory Palace
Descriere
Short Leash is the remarkable story of a walk in the park that became a life-changing journey for a dog who reclaimed his place in nature and a woman who, after years of being bound by fear after a brutal attack, learned to trust herself and the world once again.