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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

You Lucky Dog


By Debra Finerman

Stewart’s Grove Press     2018
226 pages     Fiction

Is You Lucky Dog a love story or is it a dog story, or is it both? I began with the question as I brought the car to the shop to be serviced, book in hand. After about two hours, I had the answer to my question—and a totally serviced car. It is both—a love story and a dog story. And it’s all a bit dopey!

Emma is married to a man named Jake. She also owned a Westie named Jake when she met the human Jake. The couple and the dog have recently moved to Los Angeles, where human Jake is in a car accident with the Westie Jake on his lap. In the midst of the accident Jake feels his brain synapses sparking and sputtering, A chemicalization spreads through his body and his DNA unravels. The two Jakes fuse. Human Jake has merged into Westie Jake. Or so it seems.

The book cover says, ”a hilarious and heartwarming tale of misplaced identity. You Lucky Dog explores the mysteries of life and death, and the enduring power of love, in a heartwarming story for animal lovers and all lovers.

Yes, it’s cute—as cute as a talking dog. Of course it will please dog lovers particularly, although I think it might please people on the beach or teenage girls. It definitely was the perfect read for the auto service center.


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