
Stanley and Sophie
2008
First Published
2.69
Average Rating
193
Number of Pages
Traces the author's devoted relationship with a pair of border terriers, describing her struggles with widowhood in the aftermath of September 11, her observations about the cultural differences between New York and her native Australia, and the feelings of renewed purpose she experienced through her canine friends. 20,000 first printing.
Avg Rating
2.69
Number of Ratings
85
5 STARS
9%
4 STARS
9%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
33%
1 STARS
13%
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Author
Kate Jennings
Author · 4 books
Kate Jennings is a poet, essayist, short-story writer and novelist. Both her novels, Snake and Moral Hazard, were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She has won the ALS Gold Medal, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Adelaide Festival fiction prize. Born in rural New South Wales, she has lived in New York since 1979. Her most recent books are Stanley and Sophie, Quarterly Essay 32: American Revolution and Trouble: Evolution of a Radical.