01712cam a2200325 i 4500 503425116 TxAuBib 20210608120000.0 180515t20192018||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780735219458 0735219451 (OCoLC)1035433400 TxAuBib rda Nunez, Sigrid,. The friend : a novel / Sigrid Nunez. Riverhead trade paperback edition. New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2019. ℗2018. 212 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them. 20210608. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Grief Fiction. Fiction. Novels.