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“Not many things are better than a kitten, but a book like this comes close.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“This is surely the best book written about what it means to love cats, and to wonder if they love you, since Carl Van Vechten’s The Tiger in the House.”
— Chicago Tribune
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“Another Insane Devotion is a discursive essay on personal growth, a public exercise in private exorcism, and a collection of notes toward a philosophy of love.”
— Slate
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“[A] wide-ranging memoir.”
— More
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“Another Insane Devotion—about love, sex, marriage and especially cats—is a hallmark of brainy discursiveness.”
— New York Times Style
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“[A] deeply philosophical, highly readable memoir…This book is like no other, and a very good one.”
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
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“[Trachtenberg] writes eloquently, insightfully, and often humorously.”
— Tampa Bay Times
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“A fine memoir…Powerful and evocative…This may begin in the pet section but its message moves far beyond.”
— Midwest Book Review
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“Trachtenberg’s journey proves entertaining and enlightening.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“[A] meditation on the meaning(s) of love…Trachtenberg’s lyric writing keeps the reader interested…making for a memoir that reads like a compelling work of fiction.”
— Booklist
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“Absolutely riveting.”
— Eileen Myles, author of Cool for You and Inferno
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“Peter Trachtenberg is such a wonderful writer, and this book is so damn good.”
— Nick Flynn, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City