But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Humans crave love that is lasting, loyal, perhaps even redemptive, and yet. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. Love and loss: the twin preoccupations of life and literature.
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. How is the narrators love for her friend different from that of a wife, of which hed had three For years till his death. Summary: A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.
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