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Title: There's a Hamster in the Dashboard
Subtitle: A Life in Pets
Author: David W. Berner
Narrator: David W. Berner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-30-17
Publisher: David W. Berner
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
A book of essays by award-winning author and journalist David W. Berner is the next best thing to storytelling around a bonfire. In There's a Hamster in the Dashboard, Berner shares stories of "a life in pets" - from a collie that herds Berner home when the author goes "streaking" through the neighborhood as a two-year-old, to a father crying in front of his son for the only time in his life while burying the family dog on the Fourth of July. And from the ant farm that seems like a great learning experience (until the ants learn how to escape), to the hamster that sets out on its own road trip (but only gets as far as the dashboard). Along the way, Berner shows that pets not only connect us with the animal world, but also with each other and with ourselves. The result is a collection of essays that is insightful and humorous, entertaining and touching.
Members Reviews:
I have to warn youâ donât read this book if you hate the idea of having a pet. In the end you will bring one home.
âPets are so pure. They are undeniable honest, so utterly real.â These words melted my heart from the first moment when I opened the book covers.
The first story, about Sally, the dog who succeeded to bring back home the future author, while he was so small that he couldnât even remember those moments, hooked me and sincerely speaking brought a few tears into my eyes; tears that came back while reading some other stories included in âThereâs a Hamster in the Dashboardâ.
The Cat named Mouse, which wanted to be a dog, almost blew my mind. I wished I would have been there, to pamper it for a while. However, what I loved most of all about this book, was the authorâs parentsâ With only a few words, David W. Berner took me inside their worldâ a world of deep emotions and charactersâ andâ finishing to read the book I was not so sure if the main characters were the pets, the little boy who became an adult, or the authorâs parents.
You can learn a lot from these essays, the habits of many animal species: dogs, ants, cats, gerbils, wolf spiders, squirrels, piranhas, and some moreâ youâll have them all on your âplateâ. You can also learn how by being a parent you can earn your kids love and admiration, which will last for ages.
Butâ I have to warn youâ donât read this book if you hate the idea of having a pet. The book is so appealing, so well written and the stories so attractive and at the same time deep, thatâ after reading it, you will find yourself in the situation of desiring to bring home a pet. At least, this is what happened to me. I still resisted the idea, but David W. Berner added such powerful hooks in this book.
âThatâs what these stories are all about â those magnificent relationships, the love of family, and the uniqueness of each existence shared with the living and breathing. These are the personal stories of a life with pets, those remarkable companions that allow us to catch ourselves being human.â
And nowâ the moment of truthâ Since many years ago when my cat died, I became a non-pet person. When I started reading this book, I didnât have so many expectations becauseâ I knew that the book was about âa hamsterâ. Now, after closing the book, I can say only one thing.
