{"product_id":"living-with-freddie-9780733654800","title":"Living with Freddie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully written memoir by an animal behavioural scientist and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter, about seeing the world from the point of view of man's best - and oft misunderstood - friend, the dog.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving with Freddie\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer and animal behavioural science student Anna Heyward's extraordinary memoir about learning to see the world through a dog's eyes - for readers of \u003ci\u003eRaising Hare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eMy Beloved Monster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Anna Heyward adopted a rescued Italian greyhound, she was thrilled to bring a dog into her life. But Freddie, she quickly realised, had severe separation anxiety, unable to be left alone for more than thirty seconds without crying uncontrollably, biting his own tail or scratching at his body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile some would have given the dog back, writing him off as a 'bad dog', Anna transformed her life. She took Freddie to work and hid him from her boss. Her social life withered. Her relationship with her fiance began to flounder. She dedicated her life to entering the mind of her dog. As Anna observed Freddie's behaviour, she began\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eto experience the world as he did: the quality of light, the timbre of sound; a leaf falling from a tree. And she changed - but not in the way you might expect.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a meditation on what it means to be bad or good, on how much we can - or should - try to alter another being's behaviour, and on what is possible to know about another mind. But at its heart, \u003ci\u003eLiving With Freddie\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, heart-wrenching portrait of the relationship between a human and a dog. And at the end of Freddie's story, you, too, may find yourself changed.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780733654800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 18 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Sydney, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eAnna Heyward is a former editorial staffer of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a graduate student in animal behaviour and welfare science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and is working as a dog trainer. Her writing has also been published by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She was a 2018 Ravitch Fellow at the CUNY School of Journalism. Anna lives in New York but is often in London and Melbourne, where she was born. She currently lives with a chihuahua cross named Big Girl, who can be seen on instagram.com\/biggirl.world.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Anna Heyward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49241114869977,"sku":"9780733654800","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780733654800.jpg?v=1789264441","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/living-with-freddie-9780733654800","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}