Pre-Publication Club My Therapist's Dog by Diana Wells Buy book: $11.37
A candid, funny and moving book that delves into humansU relationship with canines throughout history while at the same time telling a true story of how one dog brought two women--a patient and her therapist--together.
Loving the book...but the title could be a little better. Do hope that people look at the back cover and discover what a wonderful book this will be...cannot wait til it is on the shelf.
Hi. First there's Luggs, the therapist's inky black dog that the patient periodically takes care of -- (1) because she's feeling a bit guilty about being treated for free, but mainly (2) because the patient sees it as a way of trying to get closer to her therapist.
Really enjoyed the aspects of the narrator feeling how the patient-therapist relationship in many ways mirros the human-dog relationship.
Passaging describing dog behavior are simply marvelous!
The book gets stronger as I read deeper (the opening paragraphs did not immediately pull me in). Sometimes the historical passages seemed an interruption and longer than necessary -- but the writer did gives us some cool facts: such as why adult wolves don't bark, but most dogs do -- except the dogs which belonged to North American Indians! Humm...
