Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human

Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human - Hardcover

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Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human - Hardcover

Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human - Hardcover

by Anna Heyward
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Book Overview

by Anna Heyward (Author)

An extraordinary memoir about learning to see the world through a dog's eyes, by a New Yorker writer and animal behavior expert

"Part memoir, part animal science, Living with Freddie joins such triumphs as My Dog Tulip that seem to be about dogs but manage to be deep, incisive, and sometimes heartbreaking portraits of the people who are devoted to them."--Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief

When Anna Heyward adopted Freddie, a rescued Italian greyhound, she was thrilled to bring a dog into her life. But Freddie, she quickly realized, had severe separation anxiety, unable to be left alone for more than thirty seconds without crying uncontrollably or injuring himself. Some would have given him back, but Anna dedicated her life to entering the mind of her dog, putting her relationship, social life, and job at risk. As Anna observed Freddie's behavior, she began to experience the world as he did, and she changed--but not in the way you might expect.

Living with Freddie is a meditation on what it means to be bad or good, on how much we can--or should--try to alter another being's behavior, and what is possible to know about another mind. But at its heart, this is a beautiful, heart-wrenching portrait of the relationship between a human and a dog. And at the end of Freddie's story, you, too, may find yourself changed.

Author Biography

Anna Heyward worked on the editorial staff of The New Yorker and has an MSc in animal behavior and welfare science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Her writing has also been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, T, The Paris Review, and Vogue, among others. She was born in Melbourne, Australia and lives in New York.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN
Publication Date: September 08, 2026
ISBN9780593449493
Author Anna Heyward
PublisherRandom House
GenreBiography, Self-help & personal development, and Hobbies & interests
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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