Lost Dog

Lost Dog by Spicer, Kate. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781785039195.

The Sunday Times top ten bestsellerLost Dog is already one of my books of the year. Spicer writes like a dream...You will love it. India Knight, Sunday Times Sharply observed and deeply funny, its one of the best, most enjoyable books of 2019 so far British VogueMeet womans best friend.Kate is a middle aged woman trying to steer some order into a life that is going off the rails. When she adopts a lurcher called Wolfy, the shabby rescue dog saves her from herself. But when the dog disappears, it is up to Kate to hit the streets of London and find him. Will she save him, as he has saved her - or will she lose everythingAs she trudges endlessly calling his name in the hopeless hope she may find him, she runs into other peoples landscapes and lives, finding allies amongst psychics, bloggers and mysterious midnight joggers. Trying to find her dog tests her relationship, and her sanity, to its limits and gets her thinking about her life, and why things have turned out as they have for her. A brilliant, life-affirming memoir, Lost Dog is a book like no other about both about the myth of modern womanhood, and the enduring mystery of the relationship between human and canine.