Allison Hilborn-Tatro
Author of a dog year
"The obsessively controlled world of a high-strung therapist begins to come apart when she inherits a pair of old, neurotic Shih Tzus.
Irreverent, honest, and utterly life affirming, A Dog Year reveals the ways in which a dog’s love can avail us to parts of ourselves we didn’t know were there. All the while Allison thought she was rescuing Coco and Nikki, she never expected they would be the ones saving her." -Publisher's Summary
“Allison Hilborn-Tatro is a fresh, funny, wrenchingly honest writer. I fell head over heels in love with A Dog Year.” (Gayle Brandeis, award-winning author of The Book of Dead Birds)
"Bringing a rescue into our lives can be messy, and sometimes their quirks and needs can feel like too much, but what we find in Allison Hilborn-Tatro’s hilarious and vulnerable debut memoir, 'A Dog Year,' is that by allowing a pet and rescue into our lives and our hearts, we can fix our own." (Guy Winch, PhD, author of How to Fix a Broken Heart)
"Dog rescuer finds herself rescued by the dogs she adopts. Is there anything truer? A Dog Year is a treat." (Seth Casteel, bestselling author of Underwater Dogs)
