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Stepdog, April 2015
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Putnam
April 2015
On Sale: April 21, 2015
Featuring: Mia Navarro; Jim
ISBN: 039916779X
EAN: 9780399167799
Kindle: B00L9B7MBE
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Stepdog is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of a woman who has finally met the man of her dreamsโand the dog of her nightmares. Lots of dogs eat shoes, bite people, destroy furniture . . . but Eddie tried to destroy a marriage. After more than three decades of happy single womanhood, Mia Navarro wasnโt really looking to change her relationship status. The idea of being a step-anything to anyone was foreign to her, something she never thought about. . . . Until she fell in love with Jim and agreed to marry him. As it turns out, the marriage is pretty wonderful, the stepkids were, well, typical pre-teens, the weather in Los Angeles perfect. But life is not spotless. The spots belong to Jimโs mutt, Eddie. Possessive and jealous, Eddie behaves like Jimโs mistressโif a mistress could bark and compete for space on his belovedโs lap. As time goes on, a full-on war ensues. Mia slams the door in Eddieโs face, cordons off the house into dog- and wife-territories, and leaves the back door open . . . by, er, accident, of course. She even tries to leave Eddie behind in California when she and Jim abruptly relocate to New York. But in the end, itโs clear that not even a wife can come between man and dog. As Eddie ages, Mia softens, and as with any new family struggling to blend, the two must make peace with each other. Ultimately, Stepdog is a triumphant story about finding love at an unexpected stage in life and the many unforeseen obstaclesโnot only of the four-legged varietyโthat can get in the way on the road to happily ever after.
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