{"product_id":"stanley-and-sophie-paperback","title":"Stanley and Sophie - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, a wise and moving book about two border terriers and the woman who lost her heart to them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"If Stanley had been a tad less overbearing and Sophie a tad more submissive, everything would have been fine rather than a roller-coaster of high drama and hurt feelings. The dynamic--part gender, part sibling--was familiar: I'd lived it. How did it come about that I was spending my days adjudicat- ing between two dogs who were acting out the story of my life?\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author Kate Jennings is a fiercely intelligent writer, an astute observer of people and her surround- ings, an irascible Australian with no time for indulgent New Yorkers and their pampered pets, and a recent widow not yet ready to face her grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen she meets Stanley, \"a tense bundle of muscle and sinew that stood seventeen inches high,\" and her unexpected love affair began. Swept off her feet and surprised by the depth of her love, Jennings's life is sud- denly overtaken by two border terriers: Stanley, and then a few years later, Sophie. First and foremost, \u003ci\u003eStanley \u0026amp;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSophie \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about animals, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eunderstanding them, doing the best by them. But it is also a book about the way two rival- rous, demanding, idiosyncratic, exhilarating dogs gave Jennings\u003cbr\u003edaily purpose and showed her the way to her own heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Jennings \u003c\/b\u003ewas a student at the University of Sydney\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ein the sixties where she began her career as a poet, essay- ist, and fiction-writer. In 1979 she moved to New York and later became an executive speechwriter for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStreet Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for\u003ci\u003e Self\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Allure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New Woman, \u003c\/i\u003eand many other magazines. The author of \u003ci\u003eSnake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFalling Down in the Street, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Moral Hazard, s\u003c\/i\u003ehe lives in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Cit\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.36 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52449431748915,"sku":"9781416560302","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K1dCQ3JBK1hSYW16bHdJTjlqZFFHQT09.webp?v=1759049851","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/stanley-and-sophie-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}