Dogs and Goddesses

Reviews

Dogs and Goddesses is a sweet domestic comedy if your idea of domesticity is strip clubs, talking dogs and mystical, riotous, ambidextrous sex. Anable has crafted a wacky fable for our time, full of magical realism, show-biz gossip, New-Age feminism and love of girl’s best friend- her pooch. Two paws way up for the charming and hilarious Dogs and Goddesses.

Ann Anderson, author,
Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show

In Dogs and Goddesses, Linda Segall Anable has created a quirky landscape rich with female power, the wisdom of dogs, romance, humor, fantasy, a centenarian ballroom dancer, Bruce Springsteen, sacred blood and unconditional love. Never have so many seemingly unrelated themes been blended in the same delicious cake. And that’s what makes it so much fun. If you need a lift, cuddle up with your dog and spend the afternoon reading this absorbing book cover to cover. I had such a great time with the three goddesses, I hope there’s a sequel because I hated to let them go. So I read it again.

Angelique Jurd, Senior Editor,
Business to Business

Wisdom and humor are rampant in this highly original, wild, funny, poignant and enormously entertaining novel. I loved the three goddesses: the housewife, the stripper and the mystic. Dogs teach humans to be humane- and not a moment too soon. All that and a spiritual Bruce Springsteen soundtrack woven in- can a book be any more appealing? I floated in a beautiful, tripped-out world when I read Dogs and Goddesses, pausing only to keep turning the pages.

Judi Johnson,
Springsteen Historian

With a flow of energy that resonates on a multitude of levels, Linda Segall Anable’s Dogs and Goddesses is a serious delight. From lap dancing to psychic dogs, this energetic page-turner takes you on a Hollywood-via-the Cosmos journey, that to quote one of the “goddesses,” is “prescription-strength loony but loads of fun.” It’s a tapestry of love woven through the mysticism of female power. A wild, trippy and highly intriguing story rich with warm humor, wit and transcendence.

Rena Thompson,
Rena Thompson, Photographer, Fiber Artist, Fiber Arts Design