My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals
This is a wonderful book. Leslie Irvine brings to life an overlooked, but immensely important phenomenon. By exploring the human-animal relationships of homeless pet owners, she allows us to peer into the construction of social and moral identities in a unique way, and with remarkable ease and clarity. --Jason Adam Wasserman, Kansas City University of Medicine and BiosciencesIrvine reveals the stories, meanings, and identities that homeless people create with their pets in socially marginal and stigmatized environments. My Dog Always Eats First is a valuable, and insightful, contribution. --Leon Anderson, Utah State University