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Oprahs Book Club Pick for Summer 2024
An extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure, and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship, and living your lifes true Winfrey
The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Familiaris is the stirring origin story of the Sawtelle family and the remarkable dogs that carry the Sawtelle name.
It is spring 1919, and John Sawtelles imagination has gotten him into trouble again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsins northwoods, where they hope to make a fresh startand, with a little luck, discover what it takes to live a life of meaning, purpose, and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and it will take all their ingenuity, along with a few new friendshuman, animal, and otherworldlyto realize their dreams.
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, mysterious and enchanting, Familiaris takes readers on an unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory, through an epic midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog-training program, and far back into mankinds ancient past, examining the dynamics of love and friendship, the vexing nature of families, the universal desire to create something lasting and beautiful, and of course, the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris.
Author: David Wroblewski
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 08/05/2025
Pages: 992
ISBN: 9798874868604
Language: English
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