The Friend - Sigrid Nunez
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Hillary Huber
Tags: General Fiction, Novel, Adults, Contemporary
WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION, SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, A beautiful book a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love.Wall Street Journal, A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memoryNunez has a wry, withering wit.NPR, Dry, allusive and charmingthe comedy here writes itself. The New York Times, A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog., 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
