Final cover: “Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die”

I’m happy to share with you the first review for “Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die,” just released by the notoriously snarky  Kirkus Reviews. It’s great. I’ll put the full review up on the “Going Home” page, but here are some of the very nice comments:

“With simple prose, the author aims to assist pet  owners through the grieving process by providing advice, anecdotal reflections on the lives of animals and personal stories regarding Katz and other owners’ loss of dogs, cats and even a steer. Readers with ailing pets will find this particularly useful, as it outlines many ways to prepare for an animal’s encroaching death, such as discussing when and how and owner should make the difficult choice to euthanize, and providing ideas like having a “perfect day” that involves doing everything the pet owner enjoys. Not without its sappy moments, but readers will find this book refreshing in its honest  depiction of grief over pet loss.”

I appreciate the review. Random House and I are very happy about it. The first reviews are the ones I pay the most attention to, they set the tone. I’m very happy with this one. “Going Home” is now available for pre-ordering, online and in bookstores everywhere. It’s out September 27.

My local bookstore, Battenkill Books, has offered to facilitate the signing and personalizing of this and my other books. To order signed, personalized copies, please call Battenkill Books (518 677-2515) and get a signed book and support a great independent bookstore, my local store. I go there at least once a week and they gift-wrap and ship anywhere in the country or the world.

So far, looks like the book tour is taking me to Milwaukee, Ohio, Boston, Martha’s Vineyard, and New York, Vermont and New Jersey.