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The long-awaited novel—a very special
love story—from the best-selling author of Cowboys
Are My Weakness.
This is the story of a woman, Rae, and her dog, Dante, a wolfhound
who teaches “his human” that love is stronger
than fear (the dog has always known this). Dante is the catalyst
for change in other characters as well, and they step forward
with their narratives: Rae’s house-tender; her therapist;
two veterinarians; and an anxiety-ridden actor, Howard, who
turns out to be as stalwart as Dante himself. As the “seer”
who hunts by sight rather than smell, Dante has some things
to add, as does Rose, another dog who lives at Rae’s
heels, and Stanley the cat. Among and above these myriad voices,
Rae voices her own challenges.
With the wit and dead-on candor we’ve come to expect
from Pam Houston, Sight Hound unfolds a story that
illuminates the intangible covenant between loved ones. Here,
dogs and humans are simply equal creatures, looking to connect
and holding on for dear life when they do.
Pam Houston divides her time between
Colorado (Creede and Denver) and the University of California
at Davis, as director of the Creative Writing Program. Her
books include Cowboys Are My Weakness, Waltzing
the Cat (winner of the Willa Literary Award), and A
Little More About Me.
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