The Dog Sitter: Feel good relatable fiction about starting over Niki Smith ” So ends Kate Baer’s

” So ends Kate Baer’s remarkable poem “Things My Girlfriends Teach Me

When Valencia receives troubling news that her brother has gone missing

but my mind couldn't accept that he was the person looking down at me

“Heart-smashed” by her mother Mary’s death in September 2022 yet puzzled and “more than a little ashamed” by the intensity of her response

From bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly

The Dog Sitter: Feel good relatable fiction about starting over Niki Smith ” So ends Kate Baer’sWhen a woman whose life has gone sideways takes a 30 day dog sitting job in New York City, despite not being a dog person, she's pulled into Manhattan's chaotic social orbit. This delightfully offbeat story is a heartfelt journey of messy midlife reinvention, filled with sharp humor, quirky characters, and one very judgmental dog. Recently divorced, newly evicted, and suddenly strapped, Colleen Fitzroy is out of options. She reluctantly agrees to work