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The Peaceable Kingdom of Lions and Lambs

Nangijala wrote:I actually have the impression that one of the things good novels can do for us, if we let them, is teach us something about relating to someone's death.

That's well put. And I think I agree with you. That tracks with my own experience.

Two of the most impactful and memorable scenes from books that I read in my childhood involved the deaths of dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows and Island of the Blue Dolphins. They may have been animals, rather than humans, but reading about them struck me to the core.

Nangijala

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