falling for Delia. And there is the food - the descriptions of tastes, tex- tures; of prepping and baking. The aromas. The girls grew up
The Tiger In The House
Two sisters with com- pletely differing charac- teristics, are bound together by a family tragedy. Delia loves her job working for a child service’s agency in Portland, Maine. But she is ready to join her sister Juniper to start a seaside bakery. The JBird Cafe. Her boss, however, does not accept that Delia is leaving, and continues to give her cases. She’s the best at what she does. One such case involves a five-year-old girl, found at the side of the road,
covered in someone else’s blood. New York Times best-
selling author Jacqueline Sheehan has done it again with her latest book, The Tiger In The House. She weaves several compelling stories into one, developing each character in such detail, you’ll be able to see them. There’s Baxter, the Golden Retriever. Ben, the veterinarian and fam- ily friend. There is the doctor with the “California surfer good looks” who may be
Battle Buddies Reunited.
Cpl. Megan Leavey spent two six-month tours in Iraq with Rex, her bomb- sniffing dog, completing more than 100 missions. Insurgents watching from a rooftop detonated an explosive, nearly killing Leavy, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, and injuring Rex’s shoulder. The two convalesced together until Leavey’s military commitment ended in 2008. The movie, based on Megan’s life and her attempts to adopt Rex for years, will be out in theaters in June. Megan Leavey, the movie, stars Kate Mara as Megan.
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with a father who wrote food reviews. He taught them to savor food, to discern food that was prepared without finesse and love. He once took the girls to the same restaurant on two con- secutive nights and ordered the same dish. At the end of the second meal, he asked them which meal made them happy. Juniper, who was nine at the time respond- ed, “The one yesterday was more delicious. It made me hum a song the whole time I was eat- ing.”Their father told them the difference was
the chef. One loved food and the other “wouldn’t know love if it conked him in the head. It’s about skill and proficien- cy, but the main ingredi- ent is the transference of energy.” This book has every-
thing - murder, mystery, the ocean, rich charac- ters, (a dog), heartache, love. And food. It’s a must-read summer book.
The Tiger in the House. By Jacqueline Sheehan Published 2017 by Kensington Books
Talking To Animals.
In his latest book, Talking To Animals, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz devotes each of the 11 chapters to a different animal that has played an impor- tant role in his life. Katz also reveals something about himself, as a trou- bled child, and how a dog helped change his world. As much as
we’ve let dogs into our
lives, we seem to understand them less. Human behaviors block communica- tion with our dogs all the time. We for- get they are animals, not children. Katz, whose writing over the years has not been without controversy, makes some compelling arguments as to why he believes the Draft horses and carriage trade in New York City should not be abolished. “There is something knee- jerk about our current obsession with animal abuse and our insistence that ani- mals be given the same rights as human beings.” The big difference in the perception
of animals comes from the fact that peo- ple making decisions “in their best inter- est” no longer know anything about them. Katz believes that the decline in the quality of our pet-to-owner rela- tionships stems from our continued dis- connect with the natural world. While I was conflicted with some of
his beliefs, there is no question, Katz will make the reader think.
Talking to Animals By Jon Katz Published 2017 by Simon & Schuster Books reivewed by Anna Cooke.
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