{"product_id":"9780008744052","title":"The Year of the Dog : How One Tiny Terrier Ruined My Sofa but Saved My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Money-Coutts, Sophia \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/10\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008744052,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Absolute heaven.’ Jilly Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A hilarious and heartfelt year following one woman and her puppy – from chaos and tears to healing and new beginnings. It’s a love story, but not as you know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaising a puppy is simple: feed them, walk them, love them. Right? Wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Suddenly single and quietly unravelling, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By the end of their first year together, Dennis hasn’t just wrecked the furniture — he’s quietly rebuilt her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For anyone who’s ever been through shattering heartbreak, this is a story of quiet resilience, unpredictable joy, and the quiet wonder of a small body curled beside you when it matters most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders are falling in love with the hilarity and charm of The Year of the Dog:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘By turns hilarious, entertaining and heartbreakingly honest, it’s an unforgettable love story you’ll want to buy for all your friends’ Jill Mansell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Tender, hilarious and moving’ Daisy Buchanan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘This made me laugh like a drain on a packed Underground commute, and I haven’t even got a dog’ Andrew Hunter Murray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Extremely funny, deeply charming’ India Knight\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535262949749,"sku":"9780008744052","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008744052.jpg?v=1788083933","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008744052","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}