The I Index

Loving Edie: How a Dog Afraid of Everything Taught Me to Be Brave

Maybe someday

31

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

45/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Meredith May

Publisher:

Park Row

Date:

April 19, 2022

Meredith May had a difficult childhood, with a mother who was physically present but emotionally absent. She learned early on to fend for herself, and never had to care for anyone else. When she and her wife, Jenn, adopt Edie, a sweet golden retriever puppy with saucer brown eyes and buttery white fur, Edie wins their hearts immediately. But it isn't long after Edie joins the family that the problems begin.

What The Reviewers Say

Rachel Zarrow,
San Francisco Chronicle
Loving Edie is the story of their family’s trials and tribulations with Edie.
Laurie Hertzel,
Star Tribune
Loving Edie is an engaging tale that examines what it's like to find out that the sweet puppy you adopted is actually 'reactive'.
Susan Maguire,
Booklist
May realizes that the hope of Edie ever overcoming her anxiety is an impossible one and that she must learn to accept Edie as she is. A change of scenery drives the lesson home in this heartfelt tale of how one incredibly anxious puppy completed a family..