Nancy Duncan, children's librarian at Red Land Community Library, reviews "To Dance With the White Dog."
A short book about life, love and endings. Sam Peek is an old man whose wife of many years, Cora, has just passed away. Sam is lonely. He has children close by, and an elderly housekeeper who comes to his house more to visit than clean, but there is an emptiness to Sam's life.
Enter the white dog. At first the reader doesn't know whether to believe in the dog or not. Is it just a figment of Sam's imagination to ease his loneliness, or has a dog just happened to appear when Sam needs company most?
Whether you believe in the dog or not, it is the perfect companion for an aging man in his last years.
"To Dance With the White Dog" reads like poetry. You can see the pecan trees that Sam tends, hear the noise of his old truck and feel the emotions of the characters.
It was a lovely book to read.
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