| Author | : Maureen B. Adams |
| File Size | : 48,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Unknown |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 02 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 0226005364 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
Shaggy Muses by Maureen B. Adams Book PDF Summary
Originally published in 2007 by Ballantine Books.
“You’ll call this sentimental–perhaps–but then a dog somehow represents the private side of life, the play side,” Virginia Woolf confessed to a friend. And it is this private, playful side, the richness and power of the bond between five great women writers and their dogs, that Maureen
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