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More folks Walking With Zeke
A couple more pieces of feedback for the Zeke Book:
Devious Diva, in comments on this post, says:
I just finished reading Walking with Zeke and I am bound up with him right now. Overwhelmingly moving at times but not sentimentally enough that I couldn’t read on. I reached the end full of tears and of hope and of nostalgia.
Zeke will forever be with me though I never met or knew him. This is a book of love that transcends who or what this love is about.
Thank you for showing me what is possible…
Thank you, DD. I’m so glad it spoke to you that strongly.
At their best, book reviews approach essay status, and our Theriomorph has posted just such a short essay — a very, very flattering short essay — about Walking With Zeke on her blog. A brief excerpt:
[I]n this book, a whole arc emerges: not the whole story of Zeke and Chris’ bond, or Chris’ loss, which is finally private and unknowable by another – but the arc of loving, and letting go at the end of a beloved’s life. Imperfectly. Against one’s will. Bereft. Loyal. Enraged. With devotion and care for the gifts given and received. With final, speechless loss untouchable by platitudes. With, in the end, graceful familiarity.
If you haven’t bought a copy of Walking With Zeke already — or, what the hell? Even if you have — you can get one here.
Posted by: Chris Clarke
Note: A database glitch in 2008 ate a bunch of archived comments. Don't be offended if yours isn't here, or confused if the conversation seems disjointed. Thanks!
Hi Chris,
I just finished reading “Walking With Zeke.” I cried through the whole book, with my dog sitting next to me. Last year we lost two dogs in our family: my parents lost their 15 year old shepard/collie mix, and my brother his 6 year old husky.
Mourning can be such a private thing. I’m incredibly moved that you shared with the world your love for Zeke and so eloquently wrote about his passing.
Thank you.
By: By emilie on 2008 04 14
