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Brown, Rita Mae.

Animal magnetism : my life with creatures great and small / Rita Mae Brown.

First edition.

New York : Ballantine Books, [2009]

©2009

xviii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

In Animal Magnetism, the bestselling author shares the lessons she's learned from a parrot, a courageous Doberman, a horse, a tough tiger cat, and other marvelous creatures as well as her deep appreciation for them.

Brown, Rita Mae.

Human-animal relationships.

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Autobiographies.

Money isn't everything: love is -- Animals can save your life -- Courtship and mating -- Every animal has a gift -- The purpose of plumage -- Mother's gift of nature -- My first horse, Susie Q -- Natural selection -- Animals bring out the best in us -- The pecking order -- Love restores -- Betting on horses -- New horizons -- Learning to adapt -- Don't judge a dog by its appearance -- Humans learn to compromise -- Finding my way -- Pretty is as pretty does -- The thrill of the hunt -- A bicycle built for two -- Wisdom -- Stand and fight -- A home run -- Let go of the pain, hold onto the memory -- Gimme that old-time religion -- Birds of a feather.

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