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Good Dog! New Memoirs About Canine Companions from Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jane Vandenburgh

By & • Dec 8, 2020

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On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs that showcase the special bond between dogs and their human companions: Good Boy: A Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan, and The Wrong Dog Dream by Jane Vandenburgh.


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