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A cornucopia of all things Dog, I read this gem with a warm doggie on my lap, straight through on a rainy afternoon. And what a delight that was!

Crisscrossing time (past and future), and covering myths, historical happenings, re-interpreted poetry, philosophy, Buddhism, science fiction — and all of them featuring dogs — or I should say, one dog, let’s call him/her Wolf, and follow her through her ever-so intricate journey, captured here with such finesse you will swear you know this canine. And you do — as after all, she is absolutely the purest essence of Dog.

And so it is, a decadent feast for canine lovers everywhere, this collection of collated stories featuring our buddy Wolf is woven through with the authors themes of the loyalty, love, protection, vulnerability, primal authenticity and doggone it, just plain inborn sweetness of man’s (woman’s in this case) ultimate best friend.

A friend who, quite doggedly, needs us, as much as we need him.

Make no mistake, this collection (and our doggie narrator’s voice, captured so flawlessly) will cut right through to your heart, — making you smile, chortle, laugh and want to hug a furry beast, stat! But it will also, if you are at all like this reader, make you want to cry, — cry for doggy sacrifice, and suffering, and that unbreakable bond, as it can be, in the wrong hands, turned terrible.

I adored this book, every single one of these wonderful stories, and want to read both more Wolf and more of anything from this author.

A great big thank you to the publisher for an ARC of this novel. All thoughts presented are my own.