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A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home

Lessons in the Good Life From An Unlikely Teacher
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Jan 05, 2017miaone rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I liked the book. I would've liked it better if she'd been less verbose. Way too much of a review of various philosphers' writings on good works. Would've preferred more just about home's residents. The book got better in the last 1/4 or so, that is, less wordy. A real plus: the dog didn't die in the book. Quite a few of the home's residents did, but that was to be expected. I'm often wary about reading books that have animals as main characters because the animals often die in the book. But not this time, and I am glad, because this dog is really a love. Something the author writes about several times is how much of an emotional strain the work is for the dog. That never occurred to me, but it makes sense.