The dog who danced by susan wilson7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Only when he reaches Massachusetts does the trucker discover Mack in the cab’s sleeper. Frustrated, he strands her at an Ohio truck stop. ![]() On the road, the trucker assumes Justine is willing to share a bed, but Justine refuses. So she pays a regular patron $300 to hitch a ride in his long-haul rig, taking along Mack, her Sheltie and one source of unconditional love. Justine lives in Seattle, tends bar and has one maxed-out credit card. With her own estranged father battling cancer, Justine has been summoned home. Wilson writes Justine in first person, with back story reflecting her never-quite-satisfied adulthood, one fractured by her teenage son’s recent resolution to live with his father. She found work in Brooklyn, married the boss’ son, but then divorced and began an itinerant life, always ready to move on. Her father quickly married Adele, a stepmother who disliked and mistreated Justine. Love, loss and redemption are explored in Wilson’s ( One Good Dog, 2010, etc.) latest mainstream fiction.Īs a young girl, Justine Meade lost her mother. ![]()
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