I’m going to try to remember all the animals who have helped me stay alive, whom I would like to thank. So begins a declaration of love to the animal kingdom. Which leads to all sorts of questions: How should you greet them? Can you call them by their first names? How can you write to a dog or a rabbit to express the emotion they inspire in your heart – or your stomach? Actually, can you eat those you love? How come animals never complain? What does their wordless beauty hide? What are their flaws? Why do children love them? And finally, how do they feel about humans?

An affectionate and subtle panegyric that reveals how unhappy humans would be if we didn’t have animals at our side.