If you are a dog lover, then this book is for you. And if you are struggling with the loss of a special person in your life, this book will appeal to you. I might not agree with all of the decisions this author made throughout her adult life, but this was a touching story. It will pull at your heartstrings as you watch Peggy grow and heal.

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Staunch and rooted to her childhood values, Peggy engages in a battle to overcome a failed marriage, the sudden, heartrending loss of her second husband and her own self-doubts. While sandwiched between each layer of uncertainty, Peggy fights her way forward through the love of her dogs.

Amid personal tragedy, Peggy’s life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Desiree, a rescued Hurricane Katrina dog. Fueled by the serendipitous connection, Peggy deploys an unending passion for answers as she searches for purpose. As Peggy unravels Desiree’s significance in her life, she looks beyond the confines of loss and discovers her true self. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am a huge dog love so I knew so I had to pick this one up!

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Staunch and rooted to her childhood values, Peggy engages in a battle to overcome a failed marriage, the sudden, heartrending loss of her second husband and her own self-doubts. While sandwiched between each layer of uncertainty, Peggy fights her way forward through the love of her dogs.

Amid personal tragedy, Peggy’s life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Desiree, a rescued Hurricane Katrina dog. Fueled by the serendipitous connection, Peggy deploys an unending passion for answers as she searches for purpose. As Peggy unravels Desiree’s significance in her life, she looks beyond the confines of loss and discovers her true self.

Very cute!! I love dogs as I said especially dog themed books. It was so cute how Desiree comes into her life and how she helps change it for the better! Very inspirational.

This book is a very nice memoir of a rescue dog named Desiree. I wanted to hear more about her life with Peggy. We hear a lot about the dog, Dakota, who is older than Desiree. There is quite a lot of grief as Dakota gets sicker. Peggy talks about her work getting involved with educating people about puppy mills. Some chapters begin with eloquently written love letters from Peggy to her dog, Desiree. We hear about how she finds and adopts her next rescue dog, Deputy. Finally there is the goodbye to Desiree.

Meh
I love dogs and they are a huge part of my life. This book sounded exciting and I was really anticipating reading it. It does feature some dogs and discusses issues common to rescue dogs and becoming a dog parent. But so much of the book was over-the-top with things I cannot deal with. One of the main ones was numerology and how it 'affected' everything in the author's life to where she consulted the numbers to verify her future plans. She seemed to be constantly looking for 'signs' as to what she should do. Attributing hidden meanings to mundane or normal things; equating picking up trash in NOLA on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with removing the 'trash' from her past. While this woman had great successes in her life and put herself out there to learn things, and get professional help when she needed it, that all just got a throwaway line and the real discussion went to how the cosmos meant for her to have this or do that. It seems that in the author's mind, real meaning lies much deeper than what you see and feel and one must search for 'the real meaning'. I had to fight to finish this book. I was disappointed in what I read. It is more a book of poetry or mysticism than a memoir. I received this ARC book for free from Net Galley and this is my honest review.