{"product_id":"the-wrong-dog-dream-a-true-romance-paperback","title":"The Wrong Dog Dream: A True Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Vandenburgh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author calls this \"a true romance,\" saying, it's the part of her personal history she, being superstitious, was almost afraid to write. She'd grown up accustomed to bad luck, but had - by accident or miracle - survived her own circumstances: being orphaned, her own misspent youth, the chaos of a broken marriage. She'd more than survived, she'd even triumphed and had awakened into a kind of charmed splendor to find herself living in a white marble city with storybook castles, knowing famous people, being invited to the White House to listen to her husband discuss Yeats with the President of the United States, as Bill Clinton drinks Diet Coke from the can. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd into this fabled chapter of the writer's life comes the perfect dog, an English Springer Spaniel named Whistler who arrives not only the family pet, but as her private symbol of triumph over all that age-old sadness. She wants to ignore it but can't help but see that their perfect pup is something of a neurotic mess, snarling at manhole covers, barking at children, growling at people in wheelchairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe writer herself is not seemingly done with the anxieties born of all that early trauma and loss, and she begins to worry obsessively about losing this difficult dog, the one they so love. \u003ci\u003eWrrrrnnnggdgggg!\u003c\/i\u003e she begins to dream. \u003ci\u003eWrrrrrnnnnng dgggg!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Vandenburgh\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eFailure to Zigzag\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Physics of Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eArchitecture of the Novel, A Writer's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century, A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught writing and literature at U. C. Davis, the George Washington University, and, most recently, at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Callfornia. A native of Berkeley, she has returned to live with her family in the West, and with Wayne Thiebaud, her dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157437939775,"sku":"9781619023178","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/BDFP2-85FW9781619023178.webp?v=1776981241","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-wrong-dog-dream-a-true-romance-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}