This week we’re joined by journalist, Sophia Money-Coutts, talking about her book - The Year of the Dog. Sophia talks about the book as a ‘memoir’ of bringing a Parsons Russell Terrier puppy, Dennis, into her life just over a year ago and how he has changed her life for the better!
Raising a puppy is simple: feed them, walk them, love them. Right? Wrong.
Armed with Pinterest-perfect plans and firm ideas about training, Sophia brings Dennis – a scruffy and defiant Parson terrier – into her life. But just as the puppy pads hit the floor, the rest of her world falls apart.
Suddenly single and quietly unraveling, Sophia finds herself solo parenting a tiny, gleeful agent of chaos who devours foam earplugs, destroys her shoes, and has an alarming taste for spiders. He’s also the only thing keeping her afloat.
As the months roll by in a haze of dodgy first dates, sleepless nights and meltdowns in the park, Sophia begins to make sense of it all: the grief of a life that didn’t go to plan, the weirdness of being single in your late thirties, and the surprising ways love shows up when you least expect it.
By the end of their first year together, Dennis hasn’t just wrecked the furniture ― he’s quietly rebuilt her life.
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Music and production by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productions
Cover art by Jaijo
Cover photo by Rhian Ap Gruffydd at Gruff Pawtraits