I know this will sound stupid but my golden retriever passed away last week. She was almost 10 years old. It was a very sudden illness that she had shown no symptoms of. It truly feels like I've lost a child. I loved her so much, she was my baby girl. I would give quite literally decades off my life for just another couple years with her. I don't know how to navigate life without her light to guide me. Any books at all that will help. I have A Grief Observed. I've also been reading The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, which has been oddly comforting. Not to be cringe but I do feel like how Rust felt in True Detective after losing his daughter, and I want books that will really help me deal with that.
by Xova_YT
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The Art of Racing in the Rain might make you cry more but it’s also beautiful. Sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry. It’s so painful to lose a pet 💔
Are you looking for books with dogs in them? Or books that are more just about grief?
I’m not sure if this is the kind of book you want right now–it might be cathartic or it might be the complete opposite of what you’re looking for. But I recently read and loved Good Boy by Neil McRobert, which is a horror novella (not scary though IMO) about a man and his dog. The book begins with the man grieving his dog, then he goes back and tells a very out of the ordinary story about life with his dog, and without giving anything away I’ll say the end is both sad and as uplifting as it could be. It had me full on crying by the end, so I could see how it could either be cathartic or just way too much to deal with. Very beautiful story if you are ready for it though.
Not a book but the song Bronte by Gotye is about saying goodbye to a pet dog. It’s incredibly moving
It doesn’t sound stupid at all. Anyone who has ever loved understands. My Dog Skip might help. I do not know if you would want to read about a cat, but The Cat Who Will Live Forever helped me a lot.