On Animals

On Animals is a collection of essays that center on animals. Author Susan Orlean looks at the chickens, ducks, and guinea hens in her own backyard, as well as a woman who keeps twenty-three pet tigers. She goes to Morocco to take a look at hardworking donkeys, and follows a busy show dog. She visits Iceland to watch as a whale is set free, traces the steps taken to find a lost dog, and examines a pigeon who never gets lost.

And all of these animals stories are told with Orlean's beautiful style of writing after extensive research.