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Read MoreThe Chain
Award-winning suspense novelist Robin Lamont presents The Chain – the first book in The Kinship Series.
Jude Brannock, a seasoned and passionate animal welfare investigator, becomes entangled in the personal lives of a damaged family in a small town where a meat packing plant drives the economy.
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Read MoreThe Kinship Series
Wherever an animal’s worth is measured in pounds … wherever the cages are rusted and hope is lost … where beauty and wonder are reduced to wall trophies … Jude Brannock and The Kinship will be there to fight for the voiceless … the vanishing.
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Read MoreThe Next Project
Hidden behind the windowless walls of testing laboratories, tens of thousands of dogs are force-fed poisonous doses of drugs and pesticides. Few make it out alive. The Kinship is determined to give them a voice.
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Read MoreAuthor
When I was eleven, living with my family in Brooklyn, I decided to become a writer. Thus began my first career as founder and chief editor of the family newspaper. Once a week I broke major stories about fights between my seven siblings, the babysitter’s new boyfriend, or the occasional roller skating incident.
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Thoughts on Animal Rescue Stories
I am trying to discipline myself when it comes to Facebook scrolling. But I admit that I get bogged down when it comes to animal rescue stories. I am compelled to watch the video or read the story to the end. And given the number of shares and likes they all get, I am not alone. Many psychologists say that because, as humans, we are aware of our ultimate death, we dream of being rescued ourselves. Beginning at birth, we survive because our parents save us from hunger and predators. To be worthy of rescue, the infant adapts to the script of its culture and tries to grow up to be a hero esteemed for saving others. Perhaps. But that speaks to our relationship with other humans. What about with animals? It has made me wonder what it is about these stories that so captures us? Of course, we’re glad that the wolf did not drown in an icy river and that the baby elephant stuck in a pit was reunited with her mother. But I think our need for these stories is more about our feelings toward our fellow man than it is about the animals themselves. A man who jumps into an icy river to save a wolf does so out...
Read MoreBook Review – The Tusk That Did the Damage
In my pursuit to find contemporary animal-themed fiction, I came across a remarkable novel called The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James. It is told in the alternative voices of an elephant, a poacher and a filmmaker – each of whom provide a different perspective on the state of conservation in India. The elephant is nicknamed The Gravedigger. Orphaned by poachers as a calf and sold into a life of labor, he has finally escaped the abuse by one of his caretakers and has gone on a deranged rampage in the Indian countryside leaving human victims. The poacher is the younger son of a poor rice farmer drawn into the money-making world of poaching. Into the story is thrust an idealistic young American filmmaker who is trying to capture the inner minds of elephants. It is, ultimately, only the Gravedigger who reveals to the reader his feelings, both about his brutal treatment at the hands of men and his kind thoughts for the few who cared for him as best they could. For animal lovers, the book is a heartbreaking reminder of the tragedy of the ivory trade. Yet, James brings to the table the complex and difficult lives of the farmers whose hard-won crops are destroyed by elephants and the...
Read MoreReview of The Wildlands by Abby Geni
I have long believed that a powerful way to reach people about the sentience of animals and our shameful treatment of them is through fiction. Thus, I keep my eyes open for good novels with the courage to tackle that difficult topic. The most recent read is a remarkable literary thriller called The Wildlands, by Abby Geni. A couple of years ago, I had read Geni’s earlier book, The Lightkeepers, an atmospheric, slow-building suspense novel about a nature...
Read MoreFor I will consider my dog Percy
For anyone who has ever loved an animal. By the poet Mary Oliver. For I will consider my dog Percy. For he was made small but brave of heart. For if he met another dog he would kiss her in kindness. For when he slept he snored only a little. For he could be silly and noble in the same moment. For when he spoke he remembered the trumpet and when he scratched he struck the floor like a drum....
Read MoreThe Experiment
To get a glimpse into the 3rd book of The Kinship Series, watch this amazing video by Beagle Freedom...
Read MoreKaley – the rock star of TAFA 2016
It’s always been hard for us to leave our rescue dog Kaley for any length of time. She’s a rather nervous girl and often won’t eat or even chew on her favorite bone when we’re away. And it’s hard for us to leave her with even the most responsible dog sitter. It would always remind me of when my husband dropped off our five-year-old son at Kindergarten for the first time. When my husband assured him that he would do just fine, the little guy...
Read More“Hey Sundance, Who Are Those Guys?”
Each day that Ammon Bundy and his band of armed militiamen stay holed up at the Malheur Refuge, they make us wonder, in the words of Butch Cassidy, “Who are those guys?” They’re adamant that they will not leave until the federal government gives them back their land so they can graze livestock wherever they want. Yet in actual truth, they do graze their cattle and sheep pretty much wherever they want. Approximately 230 million acres of federal land...
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