![]() ![]() ![]() But then she watches Evie work magic on a dog suffering from compulsive pacing. She distrusts this girl who seems to be the product of East Coast elitists, and questions the sanity of the Sanctuary staff for taking her on. Auberchon, the innkeeper and also the Warden of the Sanctuary, greets her with open disdain. She arrives mid-winter at the inn at the base of the mountain, where Mrs. ![]() ![]() She soon discovers, however, that the dog books are useless when dealing with the reality of rescued dogs, and unceremoniously burns them all. She’s an avid reader and eccentric student, memorizing the dog books she carries in her backpack, and organizing her own thoughts alphabetically. Although she knows nothing about dogs, she applies for the position of dog trainer at the Sanctuary-the school for rescued and often unadoptable dogs-and is accepted. Bean clothes, and carrying a load of psychic baggage. The novel concerns Evie, a young woman wearing L. Although the subtitle mentions second chances, the characters here-human and non-are actually dealing with third or fourth chances. Not the trite, Hallmark-style of hope, but the sense of pushing up from loss or failure or trauma with eyes forward and tail held high. ![]()
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