"An intense book, a real page turner, one of the best and most unusual, celebrating the human-animal bond.” -- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs
"So pleasurable to read that it almost overcomes the underlying pain and loss at its heart." -- Robert Stone, winner of the National Book Award for Dog Soldiers
"A truly heartfelt memoir, this story will remain in your mind as clear and magical as a shooting star." --Patricia Bosworth, author of Marlon Brando: A Biography
“An expression of grief as pure and as harrowing as Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. To borrow a word from Didion's title, this is a magical book." --Peter Straub
"A charming, heartfelt book. I have rarely seen a discussion of the death of a beloved dog as profound as this. It affected me deeply." --Jeffrey Masson, author of Dogs Never Lie About Love and When Elephants Weep
"Tough-minded, tender-hearted, and compulsively readable, Breslin's book eulogizes a great-hearted Labrador Retriever who taught her master the joy of living." ---Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way
