Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Elisa Spungen Bildner and The Atlantic

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Each has tasted bitterness--from the hired hit man seeking atonement

Artist Tom Masse's fanciful interpretation of Alice's Wonderland makes for a vibrant and intricate puzzle image

restructuring penal systems

fearsome power to be avoided whenever possible

Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Elisa Spungen Bildner and The AtlanticIN FIVE DOG EPIPHANY, MARIANNE LEONE writes about the joy that can be summoned after a great loss, when you look into the eyes of another damaged creature and know that your happiness is a mirror and an echo and a prayer, and that the little soul reflecting all that energy is happy too, at last. This memoir is a moving and sometimes surprisingly funny exploration of grief and the mutual healing that can occur between rescue dogs and people who have