Sight Hound

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From the best-selling author of Cowboys are my Weakness comes a story of a woman, Rea, and her dog, Dante, who teaches her that love is stronger than fear. A catalyst for change in other characters as well, Dante effects the lives of Rae's house-tender, her therapist, two veterinarians, and an anxiety-ridden actor. In addition to Dante, there is also Rose, another dog, and Stanley the Cat, all of whom have something to add. With her characteristic wit and candor, Pam shows us how dogs and humans are both creatures in search of connection.

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Wonderful Emotional Underrated submitted by sdunav on August 11, 2023, 10:21am Great novel, although it took me a bit to get used to the narration by different characters, each with a very different voice and perspective. It sounds like it should be sappy, but not overdone at all; one of the best narrators is the main character's cancer survivor Irish wolfhound, Dante.

Beautiful descriptions of Colorado and a drought, wonderful insights into love and friendship and dogs and life in general.

Here's a couple lines I liked (this one from Dante): "I wanted her to see that sometimes, no matter what we do, the good thing happens anyway. Sometimes there is a man who lets the occasional hamburger fall from the barbeque."

Here's a line from the main character's other dog: "I'm a simple girl, and I like simple things. A big old stainless-steel bowl of dry food and then a trip out to the horse pasture for a few poopsicles for dessert. The trick is to catch them on a frostbitten morning, somewhere between five and ten minutes after they've been laid down, when a slight coating of ice is starting to form on the outside, but on the inside they are still all warm and soft. Rae says I'm just a tactile girl, and I guess she's right about that. When people call me stupid she says, no, not stupid, tactile, focused on the present moment, engaged with her senses, living in her body. Like where the heck else are you supposed to live?"