03078cam a2200337 4500 535587106 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780525528357 0525528350 fc043d5d-4e4c-463b-9966-e6637f0c6eac OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3309178 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nunez, Sigrid. The Friend [Libby] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 165MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 165MB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION<br /> <br /> SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD&#160;<br /> <br /> <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i>&#160;BESTSELLER<br /> <br /> "A beautiful book … a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love."&#160;<i>—Wall Street Journal</i><br /> <br /> "A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory...Nunez has a wry, withering wit." <i>—NPR</i><br /> <br /> "Dry, allusive and charming…the comedy here writes itself.” <i>The New York Times</i><br /> <br /> A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.</b><br /> <br /> 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, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.<br /> <br /> While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, 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.<br /> <br /> Elegiac and searching, <i>The Friend</i> is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. Huber, Hillary. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/3309178-TheFriend.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fc043d5d-4e4c-463b-9966-e6637f0c6eac&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/3309178-TheFriend.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fc043d5d-4e4c-463b-9966-e6637f0c6eac&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) T3L