04384cam a2200589 4500 587240548 TxAuBib 20220722120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250754561 1250754569 fcef5e0b-480a-41cf-a05c-fcc62c67cb2e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5076561 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Maizes, R.L. Other People's Pets [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2020. Dysfunctional Families. Veterinarians. books on tape. witty. audiobook. magical realism. Contemporary Women. debut novel. audio book. Pet Lovers. intelligent. Dark Humor. family drama. dogs and cats. burglars. 21st century american literature. darkly funny. rachel maizes. animal empath. litfic. we love anderson cooper author. wry storytelling. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 238MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 238MB. Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b>"Maizes's debut novel is brought to life by Devon Sorvari's engaging narration. Her delivery is well matched to the story's short declarative sentences as she makes listeners care about La La in spite of her bad choices." — <i>AudioFile Magazine</i><br /> R.L. Maizes's <i>Other People's Pets</i> examines the gap between the families we're born into and those we create, and the danger that holding on to a troubled past may rob us of the future.</b><br /> La La Fine relates to animals better than she does to other people. Abandoned by a mother who never wanted a family, raised by a locksmith-turned-thief father, La La looks to pets when it feels like the rest of the world conspires against her.<br /> La La's world stops being whole when her mother, who never wanted a child, abandons her twice. First, when La La falls through thin ice on a skating trip, and again when the accusations of "unfit mother" feel too close to true. Left alone with her father—a locksmith by trade, and a thief in reality—La La is denied a regular life. She becomes her father's accomplice, calming the watchdog while he strips families of their most precious belongings.<br /> When her father's luck runs out and he is arrested for burglary, everything La La has painstakingly built unravels. In her fourth year of veterinary school, she is forced to drop out, leaving school to pay for her father's legal fees the only way she knows how—robbing homes once again.<br /> As an animal empath, she rationalizes her theft by focusing on houses with pets whose maladies only she can sense and caring for them before leaving with the family's valuables. The news reports a puzzled police force—searching for a thief who left behind medicine for the dog, water for the parrot, or food for the hamster.<br /> Desperate to compensate for new and old losses, La La continues to rob homes, but it's a strategy that ultimately will fail her.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books<br /></b> "...Maizes possesses such magic. This examination of family, across all lines and definitions, will open you up in such necessary, beautiful ways."—<b>Kevin Wilson, author of <i>Nothing to See Here</i> and <i>The Family Fang</i></b></p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-21 20:00:02. Sorvari, Devon. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/5076561-OtherPeople'sPets.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fcef5e0b-480a-41cf-a05c-fcc62c67cb2e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/5076561-OtherPeople'sPets.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fcef5e0b-480a-41cf-a05c-fcc62c67cb2e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)