When Harry Met Minnie
Autor Martha Teichneren Limba Engleză Paperback – feb 2022
Sub forma unei dramatizări oneste și pline de sensibilitate, When Harry Met Minnie ne invită să privim dincolo de suprafața unei simple povești despre animale de companie. Martha Teichner, jurnalistă veterană premiată cu numeroase distincții Emmy, își folosește talentul narativ nu pentru a prezenta o știre globală, ci pentru a documenta o „micro-istorie” personală despre cum o întâlnire întâmplătoare poate redefini finalul unei vieți. Stilul său este unul intim, care reușește să echilibreze rigoarea observației jurnalistice cu o vulnerabilitate caldă, transformând o experiență de doliu într-o celebrare a conexiunii umane.
Subliniem modul în care autoarea construiește punți între două lumi: cea a Martei, o femeie ocupată din New York, și cea a lui Carol, care se confruntă cu un diagnostic terminal cauzat de consecințele toxice ale evenimentelor de la 11 septembrie. În centrul acestei legături se află Harry și Minnie, doi bull terrieri care devin catalizatorii unei comunități neașteptate, numită „Clubul lui Carol”. Reținem că nu este doar un volum despre pierdere, ci despre logistica iubirii — cum să găsești un cămin pentru un suflet drag atunci când timpul tău expiră.
În aceeași familie cu A Dog Called Harry, volumul adaugă o dimensiune socială și comunitară profundă, evidențiind modul în care suferința individuală poate fi atenuată de solidaritatea străinilor. De asemenea, dacă Love You, Mean It explorează legăturile născute din tragedia de la World Trade Center între soții, cartea Martei Teichner extinde această perspectivă asupra modului în care animalele noastre devin depozitarii speranței în cele mai negre momente. Este o lectură care curge cu un ritm blând, punctată de momente de umor sec și de o onestitate tăioasă despre fragilitatea vieții.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1250212529
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: CELADON BOOKS
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A memoir of love and loss, of being in the right place at the right time, and of the mysterious ways a beloved pet can bring people together, from CBS Sunday Morning News correspondent and multi-Emmy-Award-winning Martha Teichner.
There are true fairy tales. Stories that exist because impossible-to-explain coincidences change everything. Except in real life, not all of them have conventional, happily-ever-after endings. When Harry Met Minnie is that kind of fairy tale, with the vibrant, romantic New York City backdrop of its namesake, the movie When Harry Met Sally, and the bittersweet wisdom of Tuesdays with Morrie.
There's a special camaraderie among early-morning dog walkers. Gathering at dog runs in the park, or strolling through the farmer's market at Union Square before the bustling crowd appears, fellow pet owners become familiar-as do the personalities of their beloved animals. In this special space and time, a chance encounter with an old acquaintance changed Martha Teichner's world. As fate would have it, her friend knew someone who was dying of cancer, from exposure to toxins after 9/11, and desperate to find a home for her dog, Harry. He was a Bull Terrier-the same breed as Martha's dear Minnie. Would Martha consider giving Harry a safe, loving new home?
In short order, boy dog meets girl dog, the fairy tale part of this story. But there is so much more to this book. After Martha agrees to meet Harry and his owner Carol, what begins as a transaction involving a dog becomes a deep and meaningful friendship between two women with complicated lives and a love of Bull Terriers in common. Through the heartbreak and grief of Carol's illness, the bond that develops changed Martha's life, Carol's life, Minnie's life, Harry's life. As it changed Carol's death as well.
In this rich and touching narrative, Martha considers the ways our stories are shaped by the people we meet, and the profound love we can find by opening our hearts to unexpected encounters.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'A beautiful book' - Jo Good, BBC Radio London
'When Harry Met Minnie made me cry and made me dance with joy. It's an exquisite tale about heartbreak and healing, critters and humans, and the little miracles life hands us when we need them the most' - Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses
'Teichner's main themes are sure to warm readers in this cold coronavirus winter: the steadfast devotion between dogs and their owners, and the essential role friendship plays in sustaining both humans and their beloved pets ... Teichner has learned that we all have the capacity to create and build new friendships and attachments at whatever age or stage of life. That such rewards are possible is the inspirational lesson for all the characters in - and readers of - this touching saga' - The Washington Post
'When Harry Met Minnie is a tour-de-force of storytelling. Martha Teichner not only charts the course of two remarkable friendships, between two people and two dogs, she invites us to consider our own relationships. The stars that had to align to put someone special in our life. This is a love story, masterful, warm and funny, heartfelt and heartbreaking. I absolutely loved this book' - Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author of All the Devils Are Here
'When Harry Met Minnie is a story of laughter and tears, of friendship and dogs. It shows us the loyalty and resilience of Bull Terriers?and of two women who love them. A book of generosity and hope for an era badly in need of both' - Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of GOOD BOY: My Life in Seven Dogs
'When Harry Met Minnie belongs on the shelf next to Travels with Charley and Marley and Me. But the unforgettable dogs we meet in these pages don't just help the people in their lives, they save each other. Martha Teichner has written an extraordinary story filled with love and humor about the transformative power of friendship, among dogs and people, in the thick of life and at its end. I fell in love with Harry, Minnie, their humans, and this marvel of a book' - Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living
'I decided to write this book, because I didn't want to stop living the story of what happened when Harry met Minnie. I didn't want to forget any of it, even the sad parts. This story of unexpected friendship, of love, was a wonderful gift, and in the end, it made me and Minnie happy' - Martha Teichner
There are true fairy tales. Stories that exist because impossible-to-explain coincidences change everything. Except in real life, not all of them have conventional, happily-ever-after endings...
Carol, who is dying of cancer caused by the toxic pollution in New York in the aftermath of 9/11, needs someone to take care of Harry, who is a 'great listener but does have a problem with large dogs. He is great with smaller dogs. If he sees a hose he will destroy it to protect you. He will figure out ways to let you know exactly how he feels'. When Martha has a chance encounter with Carol's friend, he can't help but notice Minnie, 'oh those chunky little legs', and so the matchmaking begins. After a disastrous first meeting, when Minnie doesn't appear to think much of Harry (who is super keen), things improve and soon they are inseparable. As Carol's illness progresses, so a new friendship and community blossoms, Carol's Club.
The bonds that grew changed Martha's life, Carol's life, Minnie's life and Harry's life. And they changed Carol's death as well.
In this rich and touching narrative, Martha considers the ways our stories are shaped by the people we meet, and the profound love we can find by opening our hearts to unexpected encounters.