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A review by treehuggeravl
The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle
5.0
I just really really enjoyed this book, which seems like an odd thing to say about a book centered around a divorce. There was a lot of discussion about relationships in this book, and I think it's actually a novel that reminds the reader what is most important in relationship and models how to actually achieve or work toward embodying those relationship ideals.
I enjoyed watching the Cami grow into an independent and mindful human being, I enjoyed the talk of the horse-barn-as-church, and the cute menagerie of animals that filled every chapter of this book (I want both a happy dancing goat AND a mini burro of my very own!). As a vet, Cami took in all sorts of animals, almost none by choice but more by happenstance and by necessity, and they became a loving family - I have seen that in my life with T and the "kids" as well.
I will be looking for more of Kittle's books - I'm hoping for more sweet stories of adorable misfit animals and more reminders of how to accept the flaws in ourselves and others and create relationships that bring a lasting joy to those involved.
From her website (and probably part of why I so enjoyed her book):
"I never outgrew that smitten phase most young girls go through with horses. I took riding lessons at the magical -- Farm. I worked there in the summers—feeding and mucking stalls and soaping saddles—in exchange for board for the horses I would lease for the summer show season. It was my second home and the place where many of my fictional animal characters originated.
I’m eternally grateful to my parents for never buying me the horse I pleaded for. Because I had to plan and work and and budget and save to earn my way to a horse myself, I learned invaluable discipline and the extreme satisfaction of achieving goals."
I enjoyed watching the Cami grow into an independent and mindful human being, I enjoyed the talk of the horse-barn-as-church, and the cute menagerie of animals that filled every chapter of this book (I want both a happy dancing goat AND a mini burro of my very own!). As a vet, Cami took in all sorts of animals, almost none by choice but more by happenstance and by necessity, and they became a loving family - I have seen that in my life with T and the "kids" as well.
I will be looking for more of Kittle's books - I'm hoping for more sweet stories of adorable misfit animals and more reminders of how to accept the flaws in ourselves and others and create relationships that bring a lasting joy to those involved.
From her website (and probably part of why I so enjoyed her book):
"I never outgrew that smitten phase most young girls go through with horses. I took riding lessons at the magical -- Farm. I worked there in the summers—feeding and mucking stalls and soaping saddles—in exchange for board for the horses I would lease for the summer show season. It was my second home and the place where many of my fictional animal characters originated.
I’m eternally grateful to my parents for never buying me the horse I pleaded for. Because I had to plan and work and and budget and save to earn my way to a horse myself, I learned invaluable discipline and the extreme satisfaction of achieving goals."