{"product_id":"9780008744038","title":"The Year of the Dog : How One Tiny Terrier Ruined My Sofa but Saved My Life by Sophia Money-Coutts","description":"‘Absolute heaven.’ Jilly Cooper\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,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 224 pages","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361592557795,"sku":"9780008744038","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9780008744038.jpg?v=1764065640","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008744038","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}