11/11/2022 0 Comments Butter cup the brave books author![]() ![]() Edie is teaching me how to be a little maternal. ![]() Our other dogs didn’t need anything from me. I have to put my dog’s needs first,” she said, “which is new for me. ![]() “I learned you can’t force change and wrestle a problem to the ground. Once May understood it wouldn’t be a dog book, perse, but an exploration of why this particular dog had come into their home at this time in their lives, and what they were meant to learn, she knew she had her book. There was still a book to write, but it would carry more weight. Her anxiety disorder is deeper, more dire, and not her fault. But Edie’s issues aren’t about benign habits. Janette Sebring Lowrey’s 1942 tale, “The Pokey Little Puppy,” about learning not to dawdle lest one miss out on dessert, is still a bestseller. Thinking Edie was experiencing a kind of puppy fear she’d eventually outgrow, May thought it might be cute to create an illustrated children’s book about puppy fear and how to help them get over it. Some six months into life with Edie, May thought maybe she had the storyline for a book. I can’t pull the leash or give her a treat to encourage her to do something. You can’t have the ‘Suck it up buttercup’ attitude with her because you’ll amplify her stress. “You can’t push my dog to do something beyond her capabilities,” May said.“If you take her somewhere she hasn’t been before, she likely won’t cross the threshold. Butter cup the brave books author full#History’s full of quirky, cool Ediths - Wharton, Piaf, Bouvier Beale, Head, “Edith and the Bears” - and while none of them seemed to follow orders or convention, unlike this pup, none of them seemed scared. That’s what I thought we’d gotten with our new one.”įond of vintage names - Gertrude, Wilhelmina, Dorothy - they named her Edith. I took her everywhere with me, kayaking, to concerts, winetasting. She never chased anything,” said May, “never ran away. She handled busy San Francisco streets and paused at every intersection. Which is why, when May and her wife, Jenn Jackson, decided they were ready for another dog, they felt confident in working with a San Francisco breeder to bring home their third “golden.” ![]() Layla, a rescue, lived a happy, healthy 11 years, and Stella, who came from a breeder, was a devoted pal. Until my fearlessness was consumed by one tiny, helpless golden retriever puppy who was very, very, very scared.” “All this time, I’ve yet to break a bone or scare myself beyond my limit,” she wrote. Fear has, in essence, been her life coach, she says, motivating her to squeeze every ounce out of each day. For a self-proclaimed adrenaline chaser, who flirts with danger for the “exquisite, specific euphoria” that comes from relying on her wits to survive, fear makes her feel alive. “Loving Edie: How a Dog Afraid of Everything Taught Me to Be Brave,” begins with May acknowledging her own relationship to fear. Likely this deeply devoted canine community will make it a bestseller through advance orders, alone. This time, May is learning lessons, not from bees, but from a golden retriever pup who was born scared. On April 19, the Carmel Valley author will release another kind of coming-of-age story through Harper Collins/Park Row Books. Readers tend to love lessons of hope and resilience and, it turns out, bees. “The Honey Bus,” which quickly earned a place on USA Today’s list of “5 books not to miss,” became a best-selling book before the ink was barely dry. In 2019, Meredith May released a memoir of loss, courage, and a girl saved by bees. ![]()
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