AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK Spring 1919 and John Sawtelle's imagination has got him into
trouble...again. Now John and his newlywed wife Mary along with their two best friends and
their three dogs are setting off for Wisconsin's north woods where they hope to make a fresh
start - and to live a life of meaning purpose and adventure. But the place they are headed
for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize and it will take all their ingenuity
along with a few new friends - human animal and otherworldly - to realise their dreams. By
turns hilarious and heartbreaking mysterious and enchanting Familiaris takes readers on an
unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory through an epic
midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog training program examining the dynamics of love
and friendship the vexing nature of families the universal desire to create something lasting
and beautiful and of course the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis
familiaris.
