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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.
In 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. Itching to Love gives readers not only laughs but also a realization that their own lives are a singular magnificence enhanced by unexpected detours.
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.
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.
When her second novel Replacing Dad was translated into film, one reviewer said it was the funniest story since “Auntie Mame.” Yes, Shelley is indeed funny, which is why NPR in Washington D.C. called one day to ask her to tell her stories on “Morning Edition,” which she did for six years.
In 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. Itching to Love gives readers not only laughs but also a realization that their own lives are a singular magnificence enhanced by unexpected detours.
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.
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.
When her second novel Replacing Dad was translated into film, one reviewer said it was the funniest story since “Auntie Mame.” Yes, Shelley is indeed funny, which is why NPR in Washington D.C. called one day to ask her to tell her stories on “Morning Edition,” which she did for six years.
Industry Reviews
“What a delight! This ‘story of a dog’ is ultimately the story of the dog’s owner and companion, a remarkable writer who warms us with the wisdom and perspective that come from a lifetime filled with animals, people, history, science, and literature. An absolutely unique memoir by one of the South’s great storytellers.”
—Danny Rubin, screenwriter, Groundhog Day
—Danny Rubin, screenwriter, Groundhog Day
ISBN: 9781637633397
ISBN-10: 1637633394
Published: 10th February 2025
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Forefront Books
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.29
Weight (kg): 0.34
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