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Part voyeur, part dreamer, Nina Shepard,
a Manhattan dog walker, has been around the block, so to
speak, a few times and yearns to find that something -- or
someone -- she can be passionate about. She may not have
a boyfriend or a real purpose in life, but she does have
a job that offers her one great opportunity: the keys to
her clients' apartments. And with these keys, Nina has the
freedom to cross several foyers -- and a moral boundary --
and gain access to their lives...where she just might find
the things that are missing in her own.
Enter Daniel, a man she thinks she knows from snooping far
past his doorway when she comes to pick up Sid, his Weimaraner.
Except for owning a designer dog (rather than a stray from
the pound), he seems perfect in every way. Now if only she
could meet him.
For anyone else that might seem simple, but for Nina life
is complicated. Claire, her best friend, is an actress who
loses every audition due to nervous sweats. Bono, a sullen
and sarcastic eight-year-old, is neglected by his U2 groupie
mom, one of Nina's clients. Mrs. Chandler, her eccentric
neighbor, would rather discuss Barry Bonds than why the IRS
is hounding her. And Isaiah, Nina's ex-con dog-walking colleague,
champions the rights of pit bulls. And, of course, there
are the dogs themselves: Wallis and Edward, the spoiled dachsunds;
Che, the stone-deaf beagle; Safire, the bulldog who stares
at walls; and Nina's own beloved mutt Sam.
But it is Daniel who holds the key to Nina's heart. One
moonlit night on a pier overlooking the Hudson River they
are pulled into the treacherous waters of love. What she
doesn't know is that Daniel is an imposter, pretending to
be what he is not. And by the time she learns who he really
is, after mishaps and mistaken identities, deception and
lost dogs, it's too late. She's fallen for someone she never
would have expected.
The Dog Walker is the hilarious and heartwarming story about
one woman's quest for fulfillment. It is about city life
-- any city, all cities -- and the struggle to make real
connections. It is about allowing oneself to love fully while
being fully oneself. And finally, it is about life itself:
unpredictable, joyful, and not to be missed.
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