Synopses & Reviews
You Tell Your Dog First… About the date you just had…about the questionable results of a medical test…about the good and the bad…about everything. For years, award-winning author Alison Pace was a dog person without a dog. And then, she got Carlie—a feisty and fluffy West Highland white terrier. She could weed out bad boyfriends with a sniff of her button-black nose and win the hearts of lifelong friends with an adoring gaze. Suddenly, Alison had a constant companion and confidante, who went with her on long morning rambles in Central Park, on trips to the country and the beach, and on her search for inner peace, love, and happiness. Through Carlie, Alison found herself connected to the world as never before. With her trademark warmth, wit and humor, Alison shares her stories…the tales of a dog person who found her dog.
Review
A laugh-out-loud look at art fairs, true love, and over- indulged miniature schnauzers.
Kristen Buckley, author of Pug Hill
Poignant and very funny.
Washington Post
Will bring hope to the most relationship-weary heart.
Pam Houston, author of Cowboys Are My Weakness
Pure, guilt-free pleasure
remarkably honest and heartfelt.
Joseph Weisberg, author of 10th Grade
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"Alison Pace's You Tell Your Dog First is a collection of heartwarming, soul-filling, funny and eerily relatable pooch inspired essays. This book is a great gift for dog lover and those who want to understand them better. I loved this book."--Julie Klam, author of You Had Me at Woof
Review
"A remarkably sweet and affecting tale of inner growth."
Review
"Smart and witty."
Review
"Endearing...craftily portraying the balancing act between work and play, family (be it four-legged or two) and
friends, and food and fasting."
Review
"Alison Pace's
You Tell Your Dog First is a collection of heartwarming, soul-filling, funny and eerily relatable pooch inspired essays. This book is a great gift for dog lovers and those that want to understand them better. I loved this book."-Julie Klam,
New York Times bestselling author of
You Had Me at Woof "A remarkably sweet and affecting tale of inner growth."(Kirkus Reviews on PUG HILL )
"Smart and witty."(Library Journal on PUG HILL )
"Endearing...craftily portraying the balancing act between work and play, family (be it four-legged or two) and
friends, and food and fasting."(Publishers Weekly on THROUGH THICK AND THIN )
Synopsis
A fun and witty debut about a woman who knows all about art, but who doesn't know what she likes.
Synopsis
Initially, gallery manager Jane Laine isn?t very impressed with ?it? artist Ian Rhys-Fitzsimmons. Which could be kind of a problem, since she?s the one who has to accompany him on a five-month international art fair tour. To get through it all, Jane figures she?ll be a good sport and keep her critiques to herself. She?s preoccupied enough with mending her own broken heart, re-thinking her career path, and dealing with her Schnauzer-obsessed family. But now, traveling with this alleged genius from London to Rome and beyond, she starts to understand the connection between art and love?and the fact that in both, perspective is everything.
About the Author
Alison Pace is the author of the novels If Andy Warhol Had A Girlfriend, Pug Hill, Through Thick And Thin, and City Dog. Her essays have been included in several anthologies including Howl: A Collection Of The Best Contemporary Dog Wit. She lives in New York City where she is at work on another book.