While this is not something I would ever pick up on my own, I did enjoy this much more than I thought. Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs is a memoir that is about the author’s life from boyhood, manhood, and then womanhood. I think what was so unique about this memoir is that the author told it from the point in her life when she had a certain dog. It definitely resonated with me more being written like that, I as well remember key points in my life based on the dog or cat that was in my life.
I loved how honest the author was and it was a very touching read. She does not shy away from the truth and is completely honest with her life and how it was a huge process during these three stages of her life. Not to mention she has such a witty writing style that was fun to read. I wish she would have said a little bit more about how the dogs affected her. In some chapters we found out a lot about the dogs and how the dog at the time had changed her. I mean she had a life altering moment with her one dog Penny. Some of the chapters though, I felt I learned nothing of the dog or the significance. All in all, this was such a thoughtful book and while it was different for me to read this type of genre, she goes through some of the same struggles as we all do, and it made me feel for her. Yes, this is a book is about a transgender and her life leading to that point, but it had so much more. It had family aspects, friendships, and coming to terms with who you really are and being okay with that whether or not people were.
“I’m sorry I never told you before,” I said, “but I was afraid that if I told you the truth about who I was, that you wouldn’t love me anymore.”
“I would never turn my back on my child, I will always love you, no matter what.” And then she quoted First Corinthians: “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
I loved how honest the author was and it was a very touching read. She does not shy away from the truth and is completely honest with her life and how it was a huge process during these three stages of her life. Not to mention she has such a witty writing style that was fun to read. I wish she would have said a little bit more about how the dogs affected her. In some chapters we found out a lot about the dogs and how the dog at the time had changed her. I mean she had a life altering moment with her one dog Penny. Some of the chapters though, I felt I learned nothing of the dog or the significance. All in all, this was such a thoughtful book and while it was different for me to read this type of genre, she goes through some of the same struggles as we all do, and it made me feel for her. Yes, this is a book is about a transgender and her life leading to that point, but it had so much more. It had family aspects, friendships, and coming to terms with who you really are and being okay with that whether or not people were.
“I’m sorry I never told you before,” I said, “but I was afraid that if I told you the truth about who I was, that you wouldn’t love me anymore.”
“I would never turn my back on my child, I will always love you, no matter what.” And then she quoted First Corinthians: “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.”