Join family therapists and authors Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio and Nancy Saxton-Lopez for a conversation with E.B. Bartels, author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter.

E.B. Bartels is a nonfiction writer, a former Newtonville Books bookseller, and a GrubStreet instructor, with a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in Slate, Salon, Literary Hub, WBUR, Catapult, Electric Literature, The Believer, and The Rumpus, among others.

She is the author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, a narrative nonfiction book about the world of loving and losing animals, exploring the singular nature of our bonds with our companion animals, and how best to grieve for them once they’ve passed away.

E.B. lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Richie, and their many, many pets.

Learn more at https://www.ebbartels.com/

On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Grief-Loving-Pets-Hereafter/dp/0358212332/ref=asc_df_0358212332?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80745511361682&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584345033706447&psc=1


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