{"product_id":"9781637633397","title":"Itching to Love: The Story of a Dog","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beloved NPR storyteller and award-winning author discovers life after kids when a neighbor's dog steals her things--and her heart--in this hilarious and uplifting memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this hilarious memoir, award-winning author Shelley Fraser Mickle takes readers on a humorous yet heartwarming and intimate journey into a slice of her life. \u003ci\u003eItching to Love\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers not only laughs but also a realization that their own lives are a singular magnificence enhanced by unexpected detours.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Shelley shares how a woman discovers her neighbor’s dog has been stealing her things and stashing them next to his food bowl and forcing her to ponder, What did he see in her that she did not see in herself? Never in her wildest dreams would she have predicted that she would fall in love with a dog with yellow snake eyes who refuses to let her be owned by anyone else.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this short memoir you will find yourself smiling, laughing, and crying as Shelley introduces you to astronauts, Founding Fathers, family members we can all relate to, along with many others who educated her heart. And, of course, Buddy the ordinary dog who sensed she was secretly harboring an unrecognized sorrow.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When her second novel \u003ci\u003eReplacing Dad\u003c\/i\u003e was translated into film, one reviewer said it was the funniest story since \u003ci\u003eAuntie Mame\u003c\/i\u003e. Yes, Shelley is indeed funny, which is why NPR in Washington D.C. called one day to ask her to tell her stories on \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, which she did for six years.","brand":"Forefront Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42371120529469,"sku":"9781637633397","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781637633397_p0.jpg?v=1771586748","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781637633397","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}