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Credit: Mike McGregor A life in dog years
In her new memoir, writer and activist Jennifer Finney Boylan recalls her past through seven beloved canines. By Greg Rienzi / Published Winter 2020
The writer Jennifer Finney Boylan sits behind her home office desk, half in light, half in darkness. How appropriate, she deadpans. Our video call in early fall begins with a blip of a technical snafu, and when her image finally appears on screen, she fusses with her hair and straightens her glasses, using monitor as mirror. I look like somebody s grandmother, she says with a smirk, before leaning back. Oh well. So, what s happening? You in Baltimore? I am. Boylan is in Belgrade Lakes, Maine, which I can glean from the sliver of water and tall evergreens that peak through the window on her left. She lives here two-thirds of the year with her wife of 32 years, Deirdre ( Deedie ). They have two grown children: Sean, 24, and Zai, 26.