Friend

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog.

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.

While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time. Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unraveling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.

Elegiac and searching, The Friend is both a meditation on loss and a celebration of human-canine devotion.

O poveste emotionanta de dragoste, prietenie, durere, vindecare si legatura magica dintre o femeie si cainele ei. Cand o femeie isi pierde in mod neasteptat cel mai bun prieten si mentor pe tot parcursul vietii, ea se simte impovarata de cainele nedorit pe care l-a lasat in urma. Propria ei lupta impotriva durerii este intensificata de suferinta muta a cainelui, un urias mare danez traumatizat de disparitia inexplicabila a stapanului sau si de amenintarea cu evacuarea: cainii sunt interzisi in cladirea ei de apartamente. In timp ce altii se ingrijoreaza ca durerea a facut-o. ea fiind o victima a gandirii magice, femeia refuza sa fie separata de caine, cu exceptia unor perioade scurte de timp.