BOOK INFORMATION
Dog Crazy
A Novel of Love Lost and Found
A Novel of Love Lost and Found
By: Meg Donohue
Releasing March 10th, 2015
William Morrow
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BOOK SUMMARY
The USA Today bestselling author of How to
Eat a Cupcake and All the Summer Girls returns with an unforgettably poignant
and funny tale of love and loss, confronting our fears, and moving on . . .
with the help of a poodle, a mutt, and a Basset retriever named Seymour
As a pet bereavement counselor, Maggie
Brennan uses a combination of empathy, insight, and humor to help patients cope
with the anguish of losing their beloved four-legged friends. Though she has a
gift for guiding others through difficult situations, Maggie has major troubles
of her own that threaten the success of her counseling practice and her
volunteer work with a dog rescue organization.
Everything changes when a distraught woman
shows up at Maggie’s office and claims that her dog has been stolen. Searching
the streets of San Francisco for the missing pooch, Maggie finds herself
entangled in a mystery that forces her to finally face her biggest fear-and to
open her heart to new love.
Packed with deep emotion and charming
surprises, Dog Crazy is a bighearted and entertaining story that skillfully
captures the bonds of love, the pain of separation, and the power of our dogs
to heal us.
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EXCERPT
Leanne shifts her gaze back to meet mine. “The other big news from the week is that I was finally able to watch Titanic.”
I glance down at my notes.
“Holy smokes!” she says. “I never told you the Titanic story?”
“I don’t think so.”
Leanne brightens. She’s an enthusiastic storyteller, a trait she claims was encouraged by her childhood dog, Bert, a Great Dane who had toleratedher elaborate dress-up games and soliloquies with the stoic countenance of a Buckingham Palace guardsman being photographed by a drunken tourist.
“Well, the night Darren brought Sealy home,” Leanne says, settling back into the couch, “we watched the movie Titanic. And by that I mean Iwatched the movie while Darren sawed his way through a forest’s worth of logs. Our new puppy slept through the movie, too, curled up in thetiniest little ball on my lap. I re- member petting her soft ears and thinking how crazy it was that I already loved her, how happy I was that there wasanother life in the house.” She shrugs. “Well, you know. I missed the kids a lot.”
“Yes,” I say. “And who wouldn’t fall in love with a sleeping puppy?”
“Exactly.” She smiles. “So she slept there on my lap through the whole movie until finally the credits rolled and Celine Dion started singing herbig ‘My Heart Will Go On’ song.” She pauses. “You know the one, right?”
I begin singing dramatically, terribly, “Neaaaar . . . Faaaar . . . Whereeeever you are—”
Leanne laughs, begging me to stop. “I think you’ve got the right song,” she says, “but it’s hard to tell.”
I grin. “What happened next?”
“Well, the moment she heard Celine’s voice, Sealy, who had been sound asleep on my lap, sprang onto her tiny paws, pointed her nose at theceiling, and let loose the sweetest, crooning, elfin puppy howl the world has ever heard.
“So Sealy is short for Celine?” I’d always assumed Sealy’s spray of black, seallike whiskers had inspired her name.
Leanne nods. “In her whole life, for the next eleven years, I never heard her howl at anyone or anything else. Only Celine Dion.”
CAT'S REVIEW
"Dog Crazy" by Meg Donohue. I absolutely adored this one! And the title is absolutely perfect! I loved how Ms. Donohue portrayed Maggie. She is a patient and kind counselor, helping her patients but struggling with her own issues after losing her own beloved dog, Toby. As many of us readers can relate to, losing a beloved pet (dog, cat, any species) is traumatic and heartbreaking and I found that I was drawn to Maggie immediately - the grief is overwhelming. Through her practice, she meets Anya, who is searching for her dog that she believes has been stolen. Watching Maggie move past her fears and grief while she helps Anya is uplifting and encouraging. I really liked all of the secondary characters as well. Maggie meets Henry and a slow and beautiful connection develops. Thank you Ms. Donohue for such a beautiful and incredible story of overcoming fears and moving on and finding love. I would highly recommend this one, especially if you have ever loved any pet in your life. (Received copy from Edelweiss for honest review)
★★★★★
AUTHOR INFO
Meg Donohue is the USA
Today bestselling author of How to Eat a Cupcake and All the Summer Girls. She
has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and a BA in comparative
literature from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now
lives in San Francisco with her husband, three young daughters, and dog.
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