Merrill Markoe
Dawn Tarnauerâ€™s life isnâ€™t exactly a success story. Already twice divorced, the young Californian is too busy job-hopping to start a career, her current boyfriend insists on living â€œoff the grid,â€ her Life Coach sister perpetually interferes with incomprehensible affirmations, her eccentric mother is busy promoting the culmination of her lifeâ€™s work: The Every Holiday Tree, and her father is ending his brief third marriage while scheduling two dates for the same night. ,Dawnâ€™s only source of security and comfort, it seems, is Chuck, a pit-bull mix from the pound. So, when her boyfriend announces that heâ€™s leaving her for another woman, a despairing Dawn turns to Chuck for solace. ,â€œI should have said something sooner,â€ Chuck confides, as he tries to console her. â€œCouldnâ€™t you smell her on his pants?â€ Dawn is stunned. Itâ€™s one thing to talk to your pets, but what do you do when they start talking back? Itâ€™s not just Chuck, either; she can hear all dogsâ€“and manâ€™s best friend has a lot to say. The ever-enthusiastic Chuck offers his tried-and-true advice on the merits of knocking over garbage and strewing it everywhere, auxiliary competitive peeing etiquette, and the curative powers of tossing a ball. Doubtful of her own sanity, Dawn considers that, in the ways of life and love, it might be better to trust Chuckâ€™s doggie instincts instead of her own. ,Filled with sharp wit, biting humor, and canine conversation that would make Doctor Dolittleâ€™s jaw drop, Merrill Markoeâ€™s engaging, cleverly written novel is about the confusing search for love and the divine acts of dog.
Fiction,Animals,Dogs,Animals,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit,Humor,Fantasy,Contemporary,Adult Fiction,Romance,Humor,Comedy
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