Portland, OR. They may be known as man’s best friend, but a new book is proving that there’s no gender divide when it comes to our furry friends.
Reading Woman’s Best Friend, you’ll enter the furry, funny, and sometimes frustrating world of the dog mom. From a dachshund who takes up residence in the family car to a keeshound who knows her owner is pregnant even before she does, to the pooch born for Hollywood fame and all of the other colorful personalities in between, the 26 writers capture the special bond between women and their dogs with stunning poignancy and laugh-out-loud humor.
It will be raining dogs, dogs, dogs at Columbia Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 8th at 7 pm when Megan McMorris comes to Hood River do a reading from her new book. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Megan and listen to the essays from her book.
Media Reviews
A number of media outlets have reviewed or mentioned Woman's Best Friend, including:
San Francisco Chronicle
Animal Radio Network
New York Post
Real Simple magazine
People's magazine
Bark magazine
Woman’s Best Friend includes a forward by Pam Houston and contributions from a number of well-known writers – NPR All Things Considered correspondent Marion Winik, longtime Newsday columnist Susan Cheever, plus editors from magazines like Outside, Runner’s World, and Fitness.
About the Editor
After graduating from Indiana University with a degree in magazine journalism, Megan McMorris began her career in New York City, where she worked as a magazine editor for eight years. Specializing in fitness, health, outdoors, travel, and gear topics, she began her freelance writing career and moved to Portland in 2000 (and also lived in Hood River for a time). The author of Oregon Hiking (Foghorn Outdoors, 2004) and co-author of Pacific Northwest Hiking (Foghorn Outdoors, 2005), McMorris’ articles have appeared in Fitness, SELF, Runner’s World, Cooking Light, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Woman’s Day magazines, among others. While currently in between dogs, McMorris gets her dog mom on as a proud weekly volunteer dog walker and blanket provider at the Oregon Humane Society. Her website is meganmcmorris.com.
About the Book
Woman’s Best Friend: Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives
Edited By Megan McMorris|
Seal Press, an Imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, Inc.
April, 2006|
$14.95 / 300 pages
ISBN 1-58005-163-4
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