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The friend / Sigrid Nunez.

Nunez, Sigrid, (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0735219443
  • ISBN: 0735219451
  • ISBN: 9780735219441
  • Physical Description: 212 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.
Subject: Dogs > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
Women's friendships.
Genre: Fiction.

Available copies

  • 24 of 48 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 48 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Main Library FIC NUN (Text) 30229101127974 Adult Fiction Display Available -
Ashe County Public Library F NUN (Text) 50503300430909 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/21/2025
Black Mountain Library F NUN (Text) 0020511736314 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/26/2025
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Nunez (Text) 540191011101425 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F NUNEZ (Text) 22281500139736 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/15/2025
Columbus Library F NUN (Text) 31250200070857 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/14/2025
Cumberland Headquarters F NUNEZ (Text) 31781064962739 Adult Fiction Available -
Dorothy Wightman Library AFIC NUN (Text) 30372101640792 Adult Fiction Available -
East Asheville Library F NUN (Text) 0020513821718 Adult Fiction In transit -
East Regional Library F NUNEZ (Text) 31781066492792 Adult Fiction Available -

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