The Particulars of Peter

Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog

De: Kelly Conaboy

Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg, Kelly Conaboy

"This might be one of the month’s, if not the year’s, sweetest books — zaniest, too.” (The Washington Post)

"A hilarious addition to the dogoir canon.” (People)

"Perhaps the greatest love story ever told.” (Refinery29)

"The feel-good book the world needs." (PopSugar)

From one of the Internet's most original voices, a hilarious journey through the odd corners of obsessive dog ownership and the author's own infatuation with her perfect dog Peter.

The author met Peter in the spring of 2017. He - calm, puppy-eyed, with the heart of a poet and the soul of, also, a poet - came to her first as a foster. He was unable to stay with his previously assigned foster for reasons that are none of your business, but which we will tell you were related to frequent urination. The rescue needed someone free of the sort of responsibilities that would force her to regularly leave the house for either work or socializing, and a writer was the natural choice. Thus began a love story for the ages.

The Particulars of Peter is a funny exploration of the joy found in loving a dog so much it makes you feel like you're going to combust, and the author's potentially codependent relationship with her own sweet dog, Peter. Listeners will follow Peter and his owner to Woofstock, "the largest outdoor festival for dogs in North America," and accompany them to lessons in Canine Freestyle, a sport where dogs perform a routine set to music, creating the illusion that they're dancing with their owners. From learning about Peter's DNA, to seeing if dogs can sense the presence of ghosts, The Particulars of Peter will give listeners a smart, entertaining respite from the harsh world of humans into the funny little world of dogs.

Listeners will accompany this lovable duo through exciting trips, lessons, quiet moments of connection, and probably a failure or two. By fusing memoir and infotainment, The Particulars of Peter promises to refresh the perennially popular dog lit category in a scrumptiously bighearted barnstormer of a book.

©2020 Kelly Conaboy (P)2020 Grand Central Publishing

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"Kelly Conaboy captures, with sagacity and wit, why everyone thinks their dog is the very best dog and why hers just might be. The Particulars of Peter is a great big belly rub for the reader's brain." (Josh Gondelman and Maris Kreizman, authors of Nice Try and Slaughterhouse 90210, respectively and owners of Bizzy the Pug, collectively)

"Conaboy merges humor, memoir, and reportage in her winning debut about the experience of sharing one's life with a dog...Dog enthusiasts will especially delight in this book, but anyone looking for a good laugh will have a ball." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"Kelly Conaboy has nailed it: the feeling of being madly, wildly, desperately, endlessly in love with your dog--the kind of love that every time he moves an ear or twitches his nose, you swoon afresh with adoration. If you know that feeling (and I live it every day!) you'll totally relate to this tender, honest, hilarious, portrait of an iconic, precious, and particular inter-species love affair." (Sy Montgomery, best-selling author of How to Be a Good Creature)

Peter Man Peter Man doing whatever a doggie can

By reading this book I learned I am not the only one who sings songs about my dog