The Bookseller Of Kabul: The International Bestseller - 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other' SUNDAY TIMES

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A definite win, win of a book. I love books about dogs and enjoy this author. Telling the story of her writing life, juxtaposed with the dogs she has owned and the new puppy she bought home. In her late fifties she decides to aquire a new puppy, she names Fig. Her preferred breed are Vizslas, a breed of which I had ever heard, but which, I of course, searched on Google. Beautiful animals. This is a 3 .5 stars for me. I can see how middle primary to upper primary kids, those especially who love animals, would really enjoy this simply told story. It could even appeal to some kids in years 7 and 8 - probably those that have a strong love of dogs and who don't want, or can't handle, a more complex text. Delight the dog lover in your life with a personalised dog story book all about their beloved canine companion! What could be better than seeing your pup in print? Our personalised dog books are a truly thoughtful and unique gift. Make your dog the star of the show with our range of pawsome personalised books! After losing her last dog Charlotte suddenly (Charlotte being that one “perfect dog” the author has known in a lifetime of good dogs), Helen Humphreys decided to get another vizsla puppy and record her experience. The result, And a Dog Called Fig, serves as a “highlights-reel” type of memoir for Humphreys (she gives an overview of her upbringing and adult life, touches briefly on each of the books she has written, and describes what dogs she knew along the way; never getting too personal), and along with a day-by-day account of her and the puppy Fig getting to know one another and live together over the first couple of months, Humphreys shares brief stories of other famous authors and their canine companions, drawing some insightful conclusions about how having a dog complements the writer’s life. This wasn’t a deep or complicated read, but it was easy and enjoyable to this dog lover and I very much appreciated learning what Humphreys chose to share with me. (Note: I read an ARC through NetGalley and passages quoted may not be in their final forms.)

Along with telling of many authors and poets and their relationships with their dogs, including pictures, Helen Humphreys writes about the connections each dog has/had with its owner's writing life. Valerie - I found a used copy of this book for your Christmas present (since I raved about it to you) so don't go buying it! :-) Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike, on how her main character Daisy is coming out as gay Thank you to NetGalley and Farrar, Straus and Giroux for my digital copy of And a Dog Called Fig. I was drawn to it because it's a personal tale about dogs and writing. The author alternates between a diary of her experience with her new puppy and stories about her life, her dogs, and famous authors' relationships with their dogs. Just some of the authors included were Virginia Woolf, Maurice Sendak, Emily Bronte, Margaret Wise Brown (who had beagles!), Agatha Christie, and Alice Walker. The book included photos not only of the author's dogs, but also of some of the historical dogs. Somehow seeing these old photos of authors with their dogs made them more real.While Pax is technically a fox, he is faithful and loving with his boy, Peter, as only a canine companion can be. The writing is breathtaking, designed for introspection - the type of words that beg to be re-read, and then re-read again. A powerful book about the illustriousness of canine-human friendship. Presente a Kabul quando gli americani occuparono la capitale nel novembre del 2001 (due mesi dopo le Torri Gemelle), ha passato qualche mese nella casa e con la numerosa famiglia del protagonista, il libraio di Kabul, in veste di ospite.

This was an interesting read, in which Helen Humphreys relates the story of her life as a writer through the lens of the dogs she's owned over the years, as well as the troublemaking puppy that is her current companion. Interspersed amongst the chapters are anecdotes about other famous writers and their dogs (most of which sounded to be plentiful in personality and honestly quite horrible for anyone other than that particular author to be around).

It has been years since I had a dog, but my grown children have dogs, as do many of my friends. While reading about the author's relationship with Fig her new puppy, I thought of my friend Jane and her beautiful, energetic puppy, Louie. Something of a modern-day Scheherezade, Norwegian journalist Seierstad continued reporting by satellite to TV audiences in Europe during the 101 days preceding and then during the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. For readers interested in the gathering of news in war zones, her book provides extensive insight into off-camera footwork and dealing with bureaucratic and political obstacles that prevent access to the hearts and minds of everyday citizens, her primary interest as a reporter. When the missiles and bombs begin to rain down on Baghdad, the risk of death itself becomes a primary obstacle. There was fear also as to what would happen in the future, given the different religious and political factions in the country, and the anarchic behaviour of criminal groups, who started looting almost immediately - fears that would prove realistic. She actually opted to stay on in Baghdad after the US invasion in 2003,as bombs rained down from the sky.

Shah Muhammad Rais, il vero Sultan Khan, e la sua seconda moglie hanno fatto causa alla Seierstad: si sono sentiti diffamati dal suo libro. Il processo è durato a lungo, otto anni mi pare: se nel primo giudizio la giornalista norvegese era stata condannata a una pena pecuniaria, nel secondo – e credo definitivo – è stata assolta. They moved into the uncle's one-room flat in a bombed-out building in the Zavodskoi district of Grozny. Towards evening Omar sat down with a bottle of booze and told the children, aged seven and eight, to go to sleep on the dirty kitchen floor. They lay next to each other listening to the sounds in the ravaged apartment building. A love song to the dogs who come into our lives and all that they bring―sorrow, mayhem, reflection, joy―this is a book about steadfast friendship and loss, creativity and craft, and the restorative powers of nature. Every work of art is different; so too is every dog, with distinctive needs and lessons. And if we let them guide us, they will show us many worlds we would otherwise miss.Lovely transcending thoughts and reflections on writing, feelings of isolation, solitary feelings, family history: Giant in size but soft-hearted in nature, he rises to the top of Harry Potter's pantheon of animals; when worst comes to worst, he's a fierce protector for the humans that he loves.