Sweet book about the dogs of one's life, to which every dog owner can relate, and the writing life, which might not feel so familiar. I especially liked the unsentimental approach to sharing your life with a dog, knowing all the time that their life will eventually end far sooner than your own. Also, of course, a special treat for Vizsla owners everywhere.

Maybe I was wrong to request this book as it really was all about dogs - almost as if the author was in such a rush to write it all down that she didn't think to stop and think about the words. That is not to say that this is a bad book in any way. The authority love for the subject matter is clear. Maybe I just don't like dogs as much as I thought ...

This book is about and author's rumination of her relationship with her beloved dog and the impression it has created on her writing and her life. It is a beautiful book and touched my heart. While reading it, i felt my heart warm. Absolutely recommended!

This is mainly a book about dogs, and less about writing. This is not a bad thing, there is a space for examining relationships with animals, nature, ourselves and how these impact comfortable routines. Humphreys seems to be a writer that doesn’t express emotion, her writing is dispassionate, even when discussing her previous dig which was a perfect dog and the one she describes as the dog of her life. Fig is the Vizsla puppy she gets when Charlotte dies and this book is the story of Fig’s early life, how she grows and learns, how they bond, and Humphreys adds in observations about everything she has learned from a life with dogs. It’s a gently absorbing book, short and easy enough to read, but perhaps if you subtitle a book to suggest it is about solitude and the writing life, then there could be a bit of this. As it is, it’s very much a book about a dog, told without a lot of emotion, and with some lovely observations.