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Atria
August 2004
Featuring: Nina Shepard
320 pages ISBN: 0743482077 EAN: 9780743482073 Hardcover
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Contemporary | Contemporary Chick Lit
Part voyeur, part dreamer, Nina Shepard, a Manhattan dog
walker, has been around the block, so to speak, a few times
and yearns to find that something -- or someone -- she can
be passionate about. She may not have a boyfriend or a real
purpose in life, but she does have a job that offers her
one great opportunity: the keys to her clients' apartments.
And with these keys, Nina has the freedom to cross several
foyers -- and a moral boundary -- and gain access to their
lives...where she just might find the things that are
missing in her own. Enter Daniel, a man she thinks she knows from snooping far
past his doorway when she comes to pick up Sid, his
Weimaraner. Except for owning a designer dog (rather than a
stray from the pound), he seems perfect in every way. Now
if only she could meet him. For anyone else that might seem simple, but for Nina life
is complicated. Claire, her best friend, is an actress who
loses every audition due to nervous sweats. Bono, a sullen
and sarcastic eight-year-old, is neglected by his U2
groupie mom, one of Nina's clients. Mrs. Chandler, her
eccentric neighbor, would rather discuss Barry Bonds than
why the IRS is hounding her. And Isaiah, Nina's ex-con dog-
walking colleague, champions the rights of pit bulls. And,
of course, there are the dogs themselves: Wallis and
Edward, the spoiled dachsunds; Che, the stone-deaf beagle;
Safire, the bulldog who stares at walls; and Nina's own
beloved mutt Sam. But it is Daniel who holds the key to Nina's heart. One
moonlit night on a pier overlooking the Hudson River they
are pulled into the treacherous waters of love. What she
doesn't know is that Daniel is an imposter, pretending to
be what he is not. And by the time she learns who he really
is, after mishaps and mistaken identities, deception and
lost dogs, it's too late. She's fallen for someone she
never would have expected. The Dog Walker is the hilarious and heartwarming
story about one woman's quest for fulfillment. It is about
city life -- any city, all cities -- and the struggle to
make real connections. It is about allowing oneself to love
fully while being fully oneself. And finally, it is about
life itself: unpredictable, joyful, and not to be missed.
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