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Echoing the novels of Mary Alice Monroe, Allie Larkin, and Holly Robinson, this charming debut novel tells the unforgettable story of a rescue dog that helps a struggling young outsider make peace with the past.Addie Andrews is living a life interrupted. Tragedy sent her fleeing from Chicago to the shelter of an unexpected inheritanceher beloved aunts somewhat dilapidated home in Eunice, Arkansas, population tiny. There she reconnects with some of her most cherished childhood memories. If only they didnt make her so much!People say nothing happens in small towns, but Addie quickly learns better. Shes got an elderly next door neighbor who perplexingly dances outside in his underwear, a house needing more work than she has money, a best friend whose son uncannily predicts the weather, and a local drug dealer holding a massive grudge against her.Most surprising of all, shes got a dog. But not any dog, but a bedraggled puppy she discovered abandoned, lost, and in desperate need of love. Kind of like Addie herself. Shed come to Eunice hoping to hide from the world, but soon she discovers that perhaps shes finding the way backto living, laughing, and loving once more.