J. Moussaieff Masson

The author offers a parable about the nature and signficance of friendship, tolerance, and love as he shares the results of a year-long experiment in which he brought together seven young animals--some natural enemies--to be raised together.

"Over 84 million Americans--almost 3/4 of the US population--own a pet, and our society is still learning how to recognize and dignify that relationship with proper mourning rituals. We have only recently allowed the conversation of how to grieve for our non-human family members to come front and center. Lost Companions fills a specific, important demand, a massive need in the market for an accessible, meaningful book on pet loss. Jeffrey Moussaieff...

The wondrous, remarkable, and outlandish activities of animals have long captured our curiosity, and no one has better explored or illuminated our fascination than Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, bestselling author of the groundbreaking Dogs Never Lie About Love and When Elephants Weep. Massons genuine passion for our two- and four-legged, invertebrate, flippered, and finned friends has turned into his lifes calling-and earned him a reputation as one of...