She was supposed to teach Daisy how to be a good dog...but Daisy taught her to be a better person.

When Sharron Luttrell joins a weekend "Prison PUP" program for a service dog organization, she knew it was just what she needed to help her move on from the death of her own beloved dog. The position seemed ideal; pick up a puppy on Friday, return it on Sunday night, work with a new puppy each year, no strings attached. Well, it turns out there were strings--and they tugged at her every time she had to return "her dog" to its weekday caregiver.

This memoir chronicles Sharron's year...