01539cam a2200325 i 4500 369202054 TxAuBib 20190129120000.0 170403s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017011191 9780735219441 0735219443 (OCoLC)981507732 TxAuBib rda Nunez, Sigrid. The friend / Sigrid Nunez. New York : Riverhead Books, 2018. 212 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master ... the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them"--Amazon.com. 20190129. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Grief Fiction. Great Dane Fiction. Dogs Fiction. T3L