02320cam a2200445 i 4500 517051096 TxAuBib 20200103120000.0 190422s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019019290 9781250078148 $26.99 1250078148 $26.99 DLC eng rda DLC NjBwBT IMmBT TxAuBib rda Wilson, Susan, 1951- The dog I loved / Susan Wilson. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019. 356 p. ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Two strong women on a journey toward independence whose paths collide in extraordinary ways. Two dogs who somehow manage to save them both. A tale of survival and a testament to the human spirit, this is an emotional and inspiring novel that no reader will soon forget." -- After spending years in prison for a crime she didn't intend to commit, Rose Collins is suddenly free. Someone who knows about the good work she has done--training therapy dogs while serving time--has arranged for her early release. This mysterious benefactor has even set her up with a job in the coastal Massachusetts community of Gloucester, on the edge of Dogtown, a place of legend and, for the first time since Rosie's whole world came crashing down, hope. There she works to rebuild her life with the help of Shadow, a stray dog who appears one rainy night and refuses to leave Rose's side. 20200103. Women dog owners Fiction. Service dogs Fiction. Disabled veterans Fiction. Women ex-convicts Fiction. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Women veterans Fiction. Dogs Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Ex-convicts Fiction. Animals. Dogtown Commons (Gloucester, Mass) Fiction. Massachusetts Gloucester Dogtown Commons. Domestic fiction. St. Martin's Press. BTCLS