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Where the Trail Grows Faint - A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team (Paperback)
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Where the Trail Grows Faint - A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team (Paperback)
Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize
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"This is Hannah," Lynne Hugo introduces her chocolate Labrador
retriever to an aged woman in a wheelchair at the Golden View
Nursing Home. "Would you like to pat her?" "I don't know," she
responds warily. "Dogs are complicated." So, of course, is life,
especially as the years accumulate and the body declines. In fact,
the most painful complications are those that Hugo hopes to ease
with Hannah, her exuberant therapy dog. What Hugo receives in
return, unexpectedly, is an outpouring of stories as the residents
respond to Hannah's antics and affection. As Hugo's involvement
deepens, she begins to see her own life and her care for her
elderly parents in a new perspective. Interweaving the elders'
tales-of old loves and ancient dreams, abandonment and loneliness,
and the struggle for dignity-with her own family's story, she
creates a richly textured collective portrait of the often-hidden
world of the aged. At the same time, she crafts an eloquent
meditation on the fundamental human need to nurture and remain
connected to other people, to animals, and to the natural world.
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