An irresistible tale of reluctant dog ownership full of heart, humor, and wisdomRona Maynard wants to love her life again. Stuck in the what-next doldrums after quitting a big job, she needs a new bridge to the world. So, well into their married life, she lets her husband talk her into their first dog, a rescue mutt named Casey. Rona frets about shedding, lost travel opportunities, and arguments about walking duty. She doubts she can love a dog. But when Casey romp...

Personal memories of the sort her Chatelaine readers adored — a remarkable life story seen through the window of her relationship with her mother.Every woman’s relationship with her mother is special. Yet everyone will recognize some parts of another woman’s story, especially if it is told as honestly and as sensitively as Rona Maynard tells it here.As a little girl, Maynard soon came to see that her family was not an ordinary one. Her father, Max, was an artist an...

An irresistible tale of reluctant dog ownership full of heart, humor, and wisdomRona Maynard wants to love her life again. Stuck in the what-next doldrums after quitting a big job, she needs a new bridge to the world. So, well into their married life, she lets her husband talk her into their first dog, a rescue mutt named Casey. Rona frets about shedding, lost travel opportunities, and arguments about walking duty. She doubts she can love a dog. But when Casey romp...