How to Bury Your Dog

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Pub Date 02 Dec 2021 | Archive Date 29 Nov 2021

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Character driven around pet lovers, How to Bury Your Dog is for readers who love multigenerational stories with a strong sense of setting and a touch of surreal.

Lizzy has been leading an insulated life: she tends her adopted strays and goes to work at the blood lab, but she has forsaken lifelong pastimes and declines invitations from old friends. On the day she buries Happy, the abandoned basset hound she adopted years before, she learns a real estate developer is threatening the heart of her rural community—a tranquil pond and a relict stand of hemlocks. For Lizzy this is a magical place, hidden from the modern world.

Coaxed by an old friend to join a group fighting the development, Lizzy is reluctant—she wants to avoid both hope and him. But she realizes she can no longer keep the outside world at bay. As the battle over the development unfolds, and the dynamics among Lizzy’s remaining pets shift, she opens herself to two young neighbors who share her love of the natural environment—an awkward sixteen-year-old and an inquisitive ten-year-old. And as Happy’s elements return to the earth, buried memories find their way to the surface in increasingly curious ways.

Character driven around pet lovers, How to Bury Your Dog is for readers who love multigenerational stories with a strong sense of setting and a touch of surreal.

Lizzy has been leading an insulated...


A Note From the Publisher

From living above her parents’ hardware store in Brooklyn to living a mile down a gravel road in semi-rural Texas with her husband, two sons, and the local wildlife, Eva Silverfine has explored a variety of urban to rural landscapes. On that journey, she earned two degrees in the environmental sciences, worked in a research lab, and eventually retooled as a copyeditor. She freelances for several academic presses and writes personal narrative and fiction in the in-between spaces. Her short fiction has appeared in a variety of journals, and she has published a collection of essays, Elastic Walls.

From living above her parents’ hardware store in Brooklyn to living a mile down a gravel road in semi-rural Texas with her husband, two sons, and the local wildlife, Eva Silverfine has explored a...


Advance Praise

"An absorbing, restorative tale of community and nature." –Kirkus Reviews

"Rich with authentic characters and lovely descriptions of the natural world, Eva Silverfine's big-hearted novel deftly tackles complex issues." -Ginger Pinholster, author of City in a Forest

"With gorgeous prose and vivid description, Eva Silverfine reminds us of all that the Earth offers if we choose to listen." -Christina Consolino, author of Rewrite the Stars

"A charming debut novel about the loss of our natural landscapes and the footprints we leave, as well as the tender memories we carry with us as we go forward." -Linda Rosen, author of Sisters of the Vine

"A heartwarming tale of ordinary people who care about the environment." -Carolyn Geduld, author of Who Shall Live

"An absorbing, restorative tale of community and nature." –Kirkus Reviews

"Rich with authentic characters and lovely descriptions of the natural world, Eva Silverfine's big-hearted novel deftly...


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