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Yessss, the completely bonkers dog bits. "But why does the dog have to be a metaphor for desire?" I wailed, as I read that part of the book. "Why can't the dog... just be a dog???"

Also, the prevalence of early twentieth century action heroines with animal companions (Nell Shipman, Helen of The Hazards of Helen... that's two, that's prevalent, right?) is giving me thoughts about Disney princesses and their omnipresent animal companions.

Shipman's life sounds like such an adventure. But definitely a sad one in the end. The chapter about her life after she left Priest Lake, where she keeps almost getting the movie deal that will save them (or at least thinks she does; it's hard to know if she's really that close or if she just wants it so much that she thinks she's closer than she is) - it was just so hard to read. She had such big plans and so few of them came to fruition.