This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

THE DOG WHO DANCED. Copyright © 2012 by Susan Wilson. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Cover design: Danielle Christopher

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Wilson, Susan, 1951–

The dog who danced / Susan Wilson. — 1st ed.

       p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-67499-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4299-5054-1 (e-book)

1.  Middle-aged women—Washington (State)—Seattle—Fiction.   2.  Shetland sheepdog—Fiction.   3.  Loss (Psychology)—Fiction.   4.  Human-animal relationships—Fiction.   5.  Homecoming—Fiction.   6.  New Bedford (Mass.)—Fiction.   I.  Title.

PS3573.I47533D64 2012

813'.54—dc22

2011041345

e-ISBN 9781429950541

First Edition: March 2012