Mattie, Milo and Me. A Story of Love, Loss, and How Dogs Help Us Live

Love is an action, not an emotion. This book is a personal story of a woman for whom a dog named Mattie became a salvation from chronic depression and a difficult relationship with her mother. When Mattie dies under the wheels of a car, the grief-stricken heroine decides that she needs help for comfort and adopts Milo, a large dog with a complicated past, from a shelter. But instead of the expected joy, she faces a daily challenge: Milo is complex and unpredictable, and his upbringing becomes a struggle for trust.

This is an honest, life-affirming book about how saving another helps save oneself.