From *New York Times* bestselling author Jon Katz comes a wise, uplifting, and poignant memoir of finding love against all odds, and the power of second chances for both people and dogs. **"I had no idea that Frieda would enter my life and alter it in the most profound way, but that's one of
Dog House: A Love Story
β Scribed by Prisant, Carol
- Book ID
- 109215916
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101427415
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β¦ Synopsis
A love story about a revolving cast of beloved and not-so beloved dogs, a wondrous forty-two-year marriage, and the homes that housed them all
Dog House is a book about love-the love it takes to make a house a home, the love a mother has for her son, and the love a woman and her dogs share. But above all, it's about the deep, all-consuming love that a wife has for her husband. It's the story of Carol Prisant-a woman of wit, self-deprecation, and occasional sophistication-and her husband, Millard-a man of southern charm, reticent strength, and unwavering support-and their long, not long-enough, marriage.
In the shadow of Millard's death, Carol resurrects the remarkable home they built together-not just the period antiques and dΓ©cor-but the pets and life the family shared. As their fur family grew, the couple's time together is told not by the passage of years, but by the cold noses, warm bellies, and four-legged mischief of Tippy, then Fluffy, then Cosi, and...
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