As with all of Patricia McConnell's books, I devoured this. Already a huge fan, I now feel a strange connection to this woman I have never met, who shares my love of Border Collies, solitude, and nature, and whose past traumas resonated deeply with me. I loved the book, but it is perhaps best-suited for people who have worked with and loved traumatized dogs or experienced trauma themselves. ( )

Picked this up at the lib, I used to listen to Ms. McConnell's radio program on pets. Really a very nice story, interspersed with the author's experience of working on her own issues at the same time as getting a dog with issues. She writes as well as she speaks. Liked the book. ( )