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Jay Griffiths

Jay Griffiths is the award-winning author of numerous books and recipient of the Hay Festival International Fellowship, among other honours. Original, playful and deeply insightful, her latest work, ‘How Animals Heal Us’, explores the profound ways in which animals lie at the heart of a restorative vision of health and human wellbeing.

ABOUT THE BOOK

'How Animals Heal Us'

All animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history, and Indigenous knowledge.

Original, playful and wise, How Animals Heal Us explores how animals can have a role in every level of healing, from the individual to the collective, guiding us in how we might create societies that are healthier, fairer and kinder. From a pot-bellied pig who saved her owner's life to dogs who can smell cancer; from birdsong healing the hurt psyche to wolves teaching humanity ethics, How Animals Heal Us puts animals at the heart of a restorative vision of health.