Avid Reader

9781982181536

STARRED REVIEW

On Animals

Susan Orlean is such a virtuoso of unexpected joys and delights that she can make even the story of a lost dog read like a thriller.

Share this Article:

Review of ‘On Animals’

“Well, for heaven’s sake, Susie,” Susan Orlean’s mother once told her. “You and your animals.”

Orlean has garnered well-earned acclaim writing about a slew of unlikely subjects, including orchid lovers, libraries, Saturday nights and more. However, she writes, “somehow or other, in whatever kind of life I happened to be leading, animals have always been…

Sign Up

Stay on top of new releases: Sign up for our newsletter to receive reading recommendations in your favorite genres.