Dawn Tarnauer's life isn't exactly a success story. Already twice divorced, the young Californian is too busy job-hopping to start a career, her current boyfriend insists on living 'off the grid,' her Life Coach sister perpetually interferes with incomprehensible affirmations, her eccentric mother is busy promoting the culmination of her life's work: The Every Holiday Tree, and her father is ending his brief third marriage while scheduling two dates for the same night.
Dawn's only source of security and comfort, it seems, is Chuck, a pit-bull mix from the pound. So, when her boyfriend announces that he's leaving her for another woman, a despairing Dawn turns to Chuck for solace.
'I should have said something sooner,' Chuck confides, as he tries to console her. 'Couldn't you smell her on his pants?' Dawn is stunned. It's one thing to talk to your pets, but what do you do when they start talking back? It's not just Chuck, either; she can hear all dogs-and man's best friend has a lot to say. The ever-enthusiastic Chuck offers his tried-and-true advice on the merits of knocking over garbage and strewing it everywhere, auxiliary competitive peeing etiquette, and the curative powers of tossing a ball. Doubtful of her own sanity, Dawn considers that, in the ways of life and love, it might be better to trust Chuck's doggie instincts instead of her own.
Filled with sharp wit, biting humor, and canine conversation that would make Doctor Dolittle's jaw drop, Merrill Markoe's engaging, cleverly written novel is about the confusing search for love and the divine acts of dog.
Dawn's only source of security and comfort, it seems, is Chuck, a pit-bull mix from the pound. So, when her boyfriend announces that he's leaving her for another woman, a despairing Dawn turns to Chuck for solace.
'I should have said something sooner,' Chuck confides, as he tries to console her. 'Couldn't you smell her on his pants?' Dawn is stunned. It's one thing to talk to your pets, but what do you do when they start talking back? It's not just Chuck, either; she can hear all dogs-and man's best friend has a lot to say. The ever-enthusiastic Chuck offers his tried-and-true advice on the merits of knocking over garbage and strewing it everywhere, auxiliary competitive peeing etiquette, and the curative powers of tossing a ball. Doubtful of her own sanity, Dawn considers that, in the ways of life and love, it might be better to trust Chuck's doggie instincts instead of her own.
Filled with sharp wit, biting humor, and canine conversation that would make Doctor Dolittle's jaw drop, Merrill Markoe's engaging, cleverly written novel is about the confusing search for love and the divine acts of dog.
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Hardback Editions
February 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down (Thorndike Press Large Print Laugh Lines) Author(s): Merrill Markoe ISBN: 0-7862-9284-9 / 978-0-7862-9284-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down: A Novel Author(s): Merrill Markoe ISBN: 1-4000-6483-X / 978-1-4000-6483-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Villard Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2008 : Paperback
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August 2007 : Paperback
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January 2006 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
February 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down: A Novel Author(s): Merrill Markoe ISBN: 1-4001-1146-3 / 978-1-4001-1146-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2009 : Audio CD
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February 2009 : MP3 CD
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| Title: Walking in Circles Before Lying Down (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Merrill Markoe ISBN: 1-60847-883-1 / 9781608478835 (USA edition) Publisher: Playaway Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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