Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon

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Thirty-nine year old Rachel is having a really bad year. After losing her job and breaking up with her boyfriend, Rachel has inherited her late aunt's house, her beloved border collie, and a crowded rescue kennel, despite the fact that she knows almost nothing about dogs. Still, considering her limited options, she gamely takes up the challenge of running the kennel. And as Rachel starts finding new homes for the abandoned strays, it turns out that it might not just be the dogs that need rescuing.

A lovely book that highlights how pets, specifically dogs here, can make a huge difference in ones life. While Rachel’s situation is front and center, there’s also Natalie and Johnny, who are trying to have a baby, and Zoe, whose ex-husband has just dumped a Labrador puppy on her as a “gift” to their two young sons.

I couldn’t help but fall in love with Gem, Rachel’s aunt’s border collie, Bertie, the forlorn Basset hound, and Toffee, the Labrador puppy.And as people and dogs comes together through the highs and lows of life, lessons are learnt and second chances are bestowed all around.

The ending, like life, doesn’t tie everything up in a bow. Not usually my favorite way for a book to end, but it works really well here.




Mount TBR 2019 Book Links

Links are to more information regarding each book or author, not to the review.


1. The Outsider
2. War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
3. Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts


BOOK BINGO

1. Fantasy, Scifi, Paranormal - The Outsider by Stephen King
11. Female Author - Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon
15. Title is at Least Six Words Long - War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow