The Other Family Doctor: a Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality, by Karen Fine is just that ... her experiences at vet school, and being someone who cares for animals, and, of course the owners. She works at a variety of small animal clinics over her career, as well as providing a home care service. There's a fair amount of good information on animals with terminal diseases and what can be done for both them and their owners. A most interesting read.

Tall Reader loaned me her copy of Spare, by Prince Harry, and then admitted that she didn't get very far with it. It did come across as a bit whiny at first, but then I got to thinking it was more reflective ... perhaps? Harry may have had a privileged life, but it wasn't exactly a happy one. He was very young when his mother, Diana, died. He was not coping well with that and no one seemed to notice. School, especially Eton was rough. It wasn't until he joined the military that he felt like he belonged. (He would come home, though, with PTSD and panic attacks). The press was relentless. If they couldn't get a good story, they made one up. They were worse when he met, and married, Meghan and he came to worry about that abuse and the affect on his family, and her mental health ... hence the break from the family (who gave him no support at all) (with 'reasons' for what they did or didn't do). The first meeting with Meghan and the Queen was wonderful, it's too bad there wasn't more of that. Heartbreaking in parts, others will make you angry. It might be good to read something from the 'other' side of this view, though. Perhaps?

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