
Pets and the City
True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
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Dr. Amy Attas
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One of Washington Post’s 5 “Feel-Good Books” of Summer 2024
New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian” takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just as neurotic as any of us.
When a pet is sick, people—even the rich and famous—are at their most authentic and vulnerable. They could have a Monet on the wall and an Oscar on the shelf, but if their cat gets a cold, all they want to talk about are snotty noses and sneezing fits. That’s when they call premier in-home veterinarian Dr. Amy Attas.
In Pets and the City, Dr. Amy shares all the funny, heartbreaking, and life-affirming experiences she’s faced throughout her thirty-year career treating the cats and dogs of New Yorkers from Park Avenue to the projects. Some of her stories are about celebs, like the time she saw a famous singer naked (no, her rash was not the same as her puppy’s). Others are about remarkable animals, like the skilled service dog who, after his exam was finished, left the room and returned with a checkbook in his mouth. Every tale in this rollicking, informative, and fun memoir affirms a key truth about animal, and human, nature: Our pets love us because their hearts are pure; we love them because they’re freaking adorable. On some level, we know that by caring for them, we are the best version of ourselves. In short: Our pets make us better people.
©2024 Amy Attas (P)2024 Penguin AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
“Celebrity pets—they’re just like ours! . . . [But] the real stars of the book are the animals; their stories celebrate the powerful connections between people and their pets.”—Washington Post
"We enjoyed every word. Like Dad’s books, Pets and the City is as much about people as it is about animals. It is truly fascinating—so very different from country veterinary practice in Yorkshire! Her love of animals comes through loud and clear, as does her instinctive understanding of the relationship between the owners and their pets, and the good it does for both parties....Just as our father, the real James Herriot, was, Dr. Attas is a dedicated and caring veterinarian with the welfare of both patient and customer her priority. The book is a worthy tribute to her profession, and we wish it well.”—James Wight M.R.C.V.S. and Dr. Rosie Page, son and daughter of James Herriot, author of All Creatures Great and Small
“Brimming with great stories and heart in equal measure, Pets and the City is prime reading for anyone who has ever spent time in the company of animals. Attas gives us an eye-opening account of what it's like to be NYC's premier house-call vet, sharing touching and outrageous stories of clients both human and animal. She's been witness to the strangest and most extravagant animal-human relationships the city has to offer, and we get to go along with her (without having to administer intravenous fluids).”—Alexandra Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog
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Ingrassia lost his mother, two sisters, brother, and nephew to cancer—different cancers developing at different points throughout their lives. And while highly unusual, his family is not the only one to wonder whether their heartbreak is the result of unbelievable bad luck, or if there might be another explanation. Through meticulous research and riveting storytelling, Ingrassia takes us from the 1960s—when Dr. Frederick Pei Li and Dr. Joseph Fraumeni Jr. first met, not yet knowing that they would help make a groundbreaking discovery that would affect cancer patients for decades to come.
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A Layman's Explanation of Cancer
- By Kristin V. Johnson on 08-11-24
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The Longest Minute
- The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
- By: Matthew J. Davenport
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately forty-eight seconds, shock waves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to death, and trapped many alive. Matthew Davenport draws on letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs, and previously unearthed archival records, as well as interviews with engineers and geologists, to combine history and science to tell the dramatic true story of one of the greatest disasters in American history.
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History told from those who survived
- By BamaState on 12-26-23
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Do I Know You?
- A Faceblind Reporter's Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
- By: Sadie Dingfelder
- Narrated by: Sadie Dingfelder
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Science writer Sadie Dingfelder has always known that she’s a little quirky. But while she’s made some strange mistakes over the years, it’s not until she accosts a stranger in a grocery store (whom she thinks is her husband) that she realizes something is amiss. With a mixture of curiosity and dread, Dingfelder starts contacting neuroscientists and lands herself in scores of studies. In the course of her nerdy midlife crisis, she discovers that she is emphatically not neurotypical.
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The author’s curiosity keeps you interested from beginning to end
- By Ross D. Martin MD on 06-29-24
By: Sadie Dingfelder
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One Garden Against the World
- In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate
- By: Kate Bradbury
- Narrated by: Kate Bradbury
- Length: 8 hrs
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One Garden Against the World is a call to action for all of us – gardeners, communities and individuals – to do more for wildlife and more for the climate. Climate change and biodiversity loss go hand in hand, but if we work together, it’s never too late to make a difference.
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A beautifully written call to action
- By Susan on 03-02-25
By: Kate Bradbury
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Funny Farm
- My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
- By: Laurie Zaleski
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie’s dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan of ragtag rescues - horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs - when Annie died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to make her mother’s dream her own.
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Heartwarming
- By Petfan on 04-13-22
By: Laurie Zaleski
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Beneath the Surface
- Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
- By: John Hargrove, Howard Chua-Eoan
- Narrated by: John Hargrove
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity.
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Tragic, Brutal
- By Gillian on 04-16-15
By: John Hargrove, and others
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Index, a History of The
- A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
- By: Dennis Duncan
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. In the pages of the index, we might find "Butchers, to be avoided", or "Cows that shite Fire", or even catch "Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne". Here, for the first time, is the secret world of the index: an unsung but extraordinary everyday tool, with an illustrious but little-known past.
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Maybe a book that should be read rather than listened to
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-22
By: Dennis Duncan
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Around the World in Eighty Games
- From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
- By: Marcus du Sautoy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in Eighty Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy investigates how games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world, how understanding math can help us play games better, and how both math and games are integral to human psychology and culture.
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a very interesting one
- By Francisco on 06-09-24
By: Marcus du Sautoy
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Purpose
- What Evolution and Human Nature Imply About the Meaning of Our Existence
- By: Samuel T. Wilkinson
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Generations have been taught that evolution implies there is no overarching purpose to our existence. Some scientists take this logic one step further, suggesting that evolution is intrinsically atheistic and goes against the concept of God. But is this true? By integrating emerging principles from a variety of scientific disciplines—ranging from evolutionary biology to psychology—Yale Professor Samuel Wilkinson provides a framework of evolution that implies not only that there is an overarching purpose to our existence, but what this purpose is.
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Remarkably Well Written
- By Kindle Customer on 03-17-25
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New York Nico's Guide to NYC
- By: New York Nico
- Narrated by: New York Nico
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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What makes New York City the greatest city in the world? As one of the foremost chroniclers of New York’s local legends and urban glory, New York Nico has thoughts. Nico gets asked a lot of questions about his hometown. Where’s the best slice, pastrami sandwich, cup of coffee, vintage store, or bookshop? In this must-have city guide, New York Nico takes readers on an epic tour of his 100 can’t-miss NYC spots, including food, shopping, and so much more.
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good variety of spots
- By M. Rogers on 12-01-24
By: New York Nico
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You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger
- By: Roger Hall
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. In his droll storytelling style, Hall describes his first parachute jump in support of the French resistance as a comedy of errors that terminated prematurely. Called one of the funniest and most perceptive works ever written about life in the OSS, the book includes a wealth of unforgettable personalities that Hall encountered over the years.
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Clipped every chapter
- By Ammon K. on 01-05-25
By: Roger Hall
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God Save Benedict Arnold
- The True Story of America's Most Hated Man
- By: Jack Kelly
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Benedict Arnold committed treason—for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat—his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era. God Save Benedict Arnold tells the gripping story of Arnold's rush of audacious feats—his capture of Fort Ticonderoga, his Maine mountain expedition to attack Quebec, the famous artillery brawl at Valcour Island, the turning-point battle at Saratoga—that laid the groundwork for our independence.
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Missing the Whole Story
- By Derek L. on 08-14-24
By: Jack Kelly
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Lucid Dying
- The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death
- By: Sam Parnia MD PhD
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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Today, for the first time in history, the scientific exploration of death and what happens when we die is real, active and ongoing. Contrary to popular perceptions, this subject is no longer the remit of philosophy, religion, or personal opinion. Truly remarkable scientific discoveries that will fundamentally affect everyone’s lives now and in the future are taking place, yet very few people are aware of them. Most people—including scientists and doctors—maintain strong beliefs about death and its experience. Those beliefs are rooted in traditional, and often cultural, notions of death.
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Excited to See Scientific Rigor Applied to This Vital Topic
- By Mav on 08-27-24
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Our Fragile Moment
- How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis
- By: Michael E. Mann
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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The conditions that allowed humans to live on this earth are fragile, incredibly so. Climate variability has at times created new niches that humans or their ancestors could potentially exploit, and challenges that at times have spurred innovation. But there’s a relatively narrow envelope of climate variability within which human civilization remains viable. And our survival depends on conditions remaining within that range. In this book, renowned climate scientist Michael Mann will arm listeners with the knowledge necessary to appreciate the gravity of the unfolding climate crisis.
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Outstanding
- By R.C. Olson on 12-30-24
By: Michael E. Mann
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The Wisdom of Sheep
- Observations from a Family Farm
- By: Rosamund Young
- Narrated by: Rosamund Young
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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We talk a lot about sheep: following the herd, counting sheep to fall asleep and looking out for wolves in sheep’s clothing. But, just like people, animals don’t always follow the pack. Some are affectionate while others butt heads; some follow the leader while some guide the whole flock home. With startling beauty and tenderness, Rosamund Young reveals the remarkable emotional and intellectual complexity of the animals she lives with on her family farm, and the story of her life’s work, with the intimacy of a personal diary.
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Excellent !!! I hated for it to end.
- By James Larson on 03-27-25
By: Rosamund Young
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- Linda P. L. Coughlin
- 02-28-25
The devotion of the vet to animals and their owners.
I loved the book, but did not agree that all pet store dogs come from puppy mills and are sick. All of our dogs have been rescues, except for my two beautiful labs, Mia, a yellow lab, and Charley, a chocolate lab. They were healthy, precious, had beautiful dispositions, loved each other, and both lived to 16.
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- Judith C. Morris
- 11-11-24
I want a dog
Charming and easy to read. Really sums up pet love. Glad I found this book.
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- SBC
- 09-07-24
Fantastic
This is a must read if you are an animal lover. Stumbled across this one completely by accident and totally fell in love. In fact, today when I finished the audiobook, I immediately restarted it. I almost never do that. If you love the James Herriot books, you will adore this. You will laugh you will cry. You will wish Dr. Amy was your veterinarian.
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- Barbara Terry
- 12-05-24
I liked her compassion for animals and the animals owners. And the telling of her many comical and serious experiences.
I liked her compassion for animals and the animals owners. I also enjoy the many comical experiences that she shared in the story.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-02-25
Listened to this one twice!
Magnificent and full of poignant anecdotes (and advice). Might just listen again. Brilliantly and beautifully read! It will tug at your heartstrings one moment and make you giggle or gasp the next.
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- Heather Grossman
- 02-20-25
I enjoyed this book from beginning to end!
This book is full of amazing and heartwarming stories. I couldn’t stop listening and finished it in 2 days. I also loved the narrator! I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for an uplifting and entertaining read.
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- Jeremy
- 07-27-24
A well written book filled with humor and excitement.
I love how Dr.Amy incorporated her knowledge and compassion into her daily work and it showed the world what true love between human and pets is like despite unfortunate events that might happen. life is always better with our pets. they give us unconditional love.
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- Gerri S.
- 09-07-24
Wished I hadn't...
I found this book mentioned in the New York Times as a "Fun Read" and comparing it to a book written by another veterinarian, James Herriot. Nowhere is there a resemblance to All Creatures Great and Small.
In a word, it was a piece of gossipy fluff. Almost every client was identified by where they lived in NYC...as if that is important to someone living in outside of the city? Although she vehemently rejects judging people...the book is loaded with judgement and questionable motives. For instance, there were two stories about discovering marital infidelity with her clients. In one story, she was asked not to tell the spouse, but she took it upon herself to expose the affair. The marriage ended in divorce. In another story she did not tell the spouse and there were no consequences for that offense. I can't comprehend why she felt compelled to interject herself into the personal lives of her clients. Lots of name dropping. This book was very hard to continue listening to. It would take me a while to get over some of the horrific stories about the injury or death of some of the pets.
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- Christine
- 11-25-24
Mark as DNF
I gave it eight chapters. I tried. Maybe it gets better. I will never know.
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