What can a writer write about? Are there subjects that should be off limits, say a friend's suicide or the tale of a victim of sex trafficking? Is writing a gift, a vocation, a cutthroat industry? Nunez hides these questions in a story about a woman and a dog, and she does so with wit and deep feeling.Publisher description:
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master ... the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them