Pam's most recentbook
Sight Hound
was released January 2005.
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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. Dante is the catalyst for change in other characters as well, and they step forward with their narratives: Rae’s house-sitter; 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 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.
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Pam Houston divides her time between her ranch outside Creede, Colorado,
and the University of California at Davis, where she is 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.
Sighthound
is now available in paperback from W.W. Norton with a book club/reading
group guide in the back.
Praise for Pam Houston’s Sight Hound
“I was enthralled by the tenderness, wisdom, joy and hope in this book, and by its human as well as non-human creatures. Sight Hound is a marvel of the senses, interior as well as exterior.”—Rick Bass, author
“Pam Houston has taken a giant step away from stories about single women who are bully brave but bound to lose at love, imagining instead a circle of good people where misunderstanding abounds but the persistence of love trumps all. Surprising, fun, wise, and stellar Houston.”—Sandra Scofield, author of Occasions of Sin
“I read Pam Houston’s exhilarating and affecting novel Sight Hound, and I'm still seeing the world in its brilliant light. Houston’s considerable genius is to take the simple story of a woman’s love for and devotion to her dog, the magnificent Irish wolfhound Dante, and, in the end, offer us a new and genuine way to live our lives—with grace and gratitude. I’m reading Sight Hound again, because any good story (and this is one of the best) is never the same story twice.”—John Dufresne, author of Johnny Too Bad
“This is a dangerous book. Don't read it unless you have ever loved a dog up close or admired one from afar."—Maxine Kumin, author of The Long Marriage
“Pam Houston is a wonder, moving with grace and humor and insight from the inner voice and soul of human to canine to feline and back again. Sight Hound is not only a narrative tour de force but a brilliant examination of what it means—in the deepest sense—to be alive on this planet.”—Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Here is a look at several previous versions of the book cover...
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