Dog-Eared Serendipity

A lonely man in New York City, successful at work, alone in the city, with relatives all quite a distance away.  Meet Glenn Plaskin, author of this book.  Glenn worked as a journalist for a major New York City newspaper as our story begins, and often interviewed very rich, or very famous people. 


Through a series of events, Glenn comes to the conclusion he wants a puppy.  He researches breeders and finds one in near-by New Jersey and gets on the waiting list, as they had bred their champion Cocker Spaniel and puppies were due.  When the puppies reached six weeks of age, Glenn called the breeder and was really disappointed to learn that all of the "best" puppies were already gone, and only the runt remained.  She was described as  "skinny, off-proportion, and spindly-legged", with a beautiful symmetrical face, and a perfect blonde coat..   Glenn meets the tiny girl when she was 12 weeks old, and names her Katie. 

In the meantime, Glenn had met an elderly couple that lived in an apartment in the same hallway in his apartment building.  Little did he know what an impact these folks would have on his life. He introduces them to Katie and a life long friendship is born.  Katie helps fill the void losing their dog had created, and Glenn had more than willing dog - sitters, as well as substitute grandparents.  Then a single man moves into another of the apartments in their hallway.  He had a young son.  And so it began, this story of how a little dog turned five strangers into family. 


Reading on,

Deb