We are dog lovers without a dog! We have been talking about getting another dog after our two Maltese died after a long life with us. Losing them was a tragedy, and losing another one - as we would, since dogs don't live as long as we do - would be a worse tragedy than the two before.
So whenever we meet dog owners, we talk to them and to their dogs, and we pat them and talk to them, and far too often we wished we could take them home with us --- not the dog owners but their dogs!
When we saw Markus Zusak's new book "Three Wild Dogs" at our library, we immediately borrowed it, and also booked tickets to his "Author Talk" next month. Listening to his speech on YouTube may steal some his thunder, but I couldn't wait. I am also already halfway through his book.
It's a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty - but also the visceral truth of the natural world - straight to our doors and into our lives, and change us forever. And I will never stop missing them!
