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The Pig and I
Rachel Toor
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Description for The Pig and I
paperback. Follows the hilly course of the author's romantic life as she falls in love with a series of pets and in and out of love with an equally eclectic string of men, many of whom bear a striking resemblance to the animals, both in looks and temperament. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 images. BIC Classification: VFVG; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 18. Weight in Grams: 273.
Funny, heartfelt, and irreverent, The Pig and I follows the hilly course of author Rachel Toor's romantic life as she falls in love with a series of pets and in and out of love with an equally eclectic string of men, many of whom bear a striking resemblance to the animals, both in looks and temperament.
From Prudence, a sweet white lab mouse who hates Rachel’s sweet, mousy actor-boyfriend Charlie, to Emma the pig, a fifty-pound force of nature that Rachel coparents with her ex-boyfriend Jonathan, we accompany Rachel as she learns how to bring into her human relationships the ... Read more
Funny, heartfelt, and irreverent, The Pig and I follows the hilly course of author Rachel Toor's romantic life as she falls in love with a series of pets and in and out of love with an equally eclectic string of men, many of whom bear a striking resemblance to the animals, both in looks and temperament.
From Prudence, a sweet white lab mouse who hates Rachel’s sweet, mousy actor-boyfriend Charlie, to Emma the pig, a fifty-pound force of nature that Rachel coparents with her ex-boyfriend Jonathan, we accompany Rachel as she learns how to bring into her human relationships the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803225138
SKU
V9780803225138
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About Rachel Toor
Rachel Toor teaches writing at Eastern Washington University and is a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education and a senior writer for Running Times. She is the author of Admissions Confidential: An Insider’s Account of the Elite College Selection Process and Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running (Nebraska 2008). She graduated from Yale University, received an MFA from ... Read more
Reviews for The Pig and I
“Beautifully written. . . . Any woman who’s ever loved a pet (or ten) will love Toor's memoir.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Witty, reflective, intelligent; as humble as it is irreverent.”—Missoula Independent “The Pig and I is a paean to the unconditional love animals give so freely, but people offer so rarely to each other.”—Orlando Sentinel “Toor is tender and rhapsodic as ... Read more