'Clare shows an uncanny understanding of dog psyche, maybe because she trained as a veterinary nurse; but I prefer to think that she has a natural gift. She provides a voice for the dogs to speak directly to the reader, which makes this book unique and fascinating. This is a story which can be enjoyed by older children as well as adults.' From a review by Joyce Wilson in The Keswick Reminder, The Lake District, UK. This is the humorous, sometimes sad, and eventually uplifting story of Ralph and the friends he has met along the way. He is a rescue dog with a difficult past who loves other...

Dumfries and Galloway Life Magazine's 'Book of the Month' for April 2014 (Southwest Scotland) ..".an excellent read." National Kidney Federation's Kidney Life Magazine - Summer 2013 You don't remember your childhood in detail, so your memories thirty or forty years on have become hazy; times you had back then are painted in ways that have become distorted, and you find yourself recalling conversations you have created in your head. Through living in the false world of remembering, you can deal with the past in such a way that the things that happened, they appear to matter less. This is a...