Dog Days, Ericka Waller
Dog Days, Ericka Waller
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Dog Days

Author: Ericka Waller

Narrator: Emma Cunniffe

Unabridged: 11 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021

Categories: Fiction, Animals


Synopsis

Ericka Waller's Dog Days is a debut novel about the way dogs can bring out the best in us in the face of life's challenges.

George is a grumpy, belligerent old man who has just lost his wife. She has left him notes around the home and a miniature dachshund puppy called Poppy. But George doesn’t want a dog, he wants to fight everyone who is trying to help him.

Dan has OCD but has channeled his energy into his career as a therapist. Afraid to acknowledge his true feelings, his most meaningful relationship so far is with his dog Fitz. That is, until Atticus walks into his life.

Lizzie is living in a women’s refuge with her son Lenny. Her body is covered in scars and she has shut herself off from the world. She distrusts dogs, but when she starts having to walk the refuge’s dog, Maud, things begin to change.

As three strangers' lives unravel and intersect, they ultimately must accept what fate has in store for them with their dogs by their sides. Set against the backdrop of Brighton, Dog Days is an inspiring, unflinching, and deeply moving novel about life, and the way dogs can help us understand it, and each other, a little better.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin

"It takes great heart and a steady hand on the tiller to bring a set of characters—human and canine--to life on the page and Ericka Waller has both. With an equally deft hand at a compelling story line, Waller draws the reader into this tender, complicated novel of love, loss and self-discovery."--Susan Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of One Good Dog and What a Dog Knows

About Ericka Waller

ERICKA WALLER is an award-winning author who lives in Brighton, UK with her husband, three daughters and petting zoo. She's been writing since she was old enough to hold a pen. Dog Days is her debut novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee

4-5 stars George Dempsey is a grumpy-pants to say the least, he doesn’t want Poppy the Dachshund puppy his wife Ellen had loved, he just wants wants her back which is impossible. He certainly doesn’t want Betty to rescue him either. Dan James, a counsellor with OCD loves Fitz his golden Labrador and......more

Goodreads review by Theresa

The colorful cover of this novel makes it seem like what’s contained within its pages will be cheery. Instead, it’s a well-written book that deals with darker topics like domestic violence, OCD, and aging. What ties Lizzie, Dan, and George together are dogs. Lizzie doesn’t want to take care of dog M......more

3.5 rounded to 3 stars This one left me…..bereft. Dog Days is a good book that held my attention. But it just didn’t match up to the other outstanding books I have read this year. First of all, I think the title is misleading. Yes, there are several dogs in the story, but they are minor characters. T......more