Gizelle's Bucket List
My Life With a Very Large Dog
Simon & Schuster · Print & ebook · March 6, 2018
The epic adventure of a 160-pound English Mastiff and the twentysomething girl who grew up alongside her—“as much a story about growing up as about letting go of things that cannot be changed…and a reminder of the profound healing connection that can exist between humans and the pets they love” (Kirkus Reviews).
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- Who it’s for
- A very large dog anchors a tender memoir of city life, growing up, and letting go.
- Themes
- Growing up and letting go, Human-pet connection, Making the most of limited time
- Genres
- Personal Memoirs, Dogs, Pet Stories & Essays
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The epic adventure of a 160-pound English Mastiff and the twentysomething girl who grew up alongside her—“as much a story about growing up as about letting go of things that cannot be changed…and a reminder of the profound healing connection that can exist between humans and the pets they love” (Kirkus Reviews). When Lauren Fern Watt moved to New York after college, she took her 160-pound English Mastiff, Gizelle, with her.
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And though it wasn’t easy, she managed to find a dog-friendly (albeit tiny) apartment in the middle of it all—Times Square. Gizelle was there for Lauren’s first job, her mother’s struggle with addiction, her New York romances, and the ups and downs of becoming an adult in the big city. But when Gizelle got sick, Lauren realized her best friend might not be such a constant after all, and she designed an epic bucket list to make the absolute most of the time they had left. Bursting with charm, Gizelle’s Bucket List is “an inspirational, uplifting experience that will leave you feeling that anything is possible. For anyone who has had a pet; who has loved and lost; who has hoped for the future, this is an enchanting story of an unlikely journey that will stay with you for a long time” (Elle, UK).
Growing Up Together
A very large dog anchors a tender memoir of city life, growing up, and letting go.
Come here for
- A 160-pound Mastiff alongside the first years of adult city life
- The tenderly complicated bond between a person and her pet
Expect
- New York beginnings, family strain, romance, and a dog’s steady presence
- A bucket list shaped by illness, limited time, and love
Where it sits
| Dogs | 64% |
|---|---|
| Pet Stories & Essays | 55% |
| Personal Memoirs | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Dogs
- Traveling with Pets
- Authors
- Fern Watt
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- March 6, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Growing up and letting go · Human-pet connection · Making the most of limited time
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs