This graphic novel is a sweet but sad story of a man and his dog. It begins with the discovery of an abandoned car containing a dead man and dog then flashes back to the day the dog is found and brought home by a little girl who convinces her parents to let her keep him. As often happens, the girl soon loses interest in the Shiba Inu leaving her father to pick up the slack as the one who walks the dog every day and eventually feed and care for it. A divorce splits the family and the man, whose is now jobless and in failing health takes off in his car with his possessions and his lone companion, the dog who adores his "Daddy." It's a big of a tear jerker. The illustrations of the adorable dog made me wish I could cuddle it.
I teared up a little just reading your description!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I have a Shiba and this one just tore me up:
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