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Powered by insight and true wit. --Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Female Persuasion I can't remember the last time I was as completely bewitched by a fictional character as I was by Bea Seger . . . What a treat to view life through the eyes of this funny, smart, gutsy woman. --Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are... Bea Seger has spent a lifetime running from her childhood. The daughter of a famous photographer, she and her brothers were the subjects of an explosive series of images in the 1960s known as the Marx Nudes. Disturbing and provocative, the photographs left a family legacy of grief felt long past the public outcry and media attention. Now, decades later, both the Museum of Modern Art and Hollywood have come calling, eager to cash in on the enduring interest in these infamous photos. Bea faces a choice: Let the world in--and be financially compensated for the trauma of her childhood--or leave it all locked away in a storage unit forever. Twice divorced from but still dependent on aging rock star Gary Going, Bea lives in Manhattan with her borrowed dog, Dory, and her sort-of half-sister, Echo. Navigating old resentments and betrayals, Bea stumbles towards her best future, even as the past looms larger than ever before. Carry the Dog reverberates with rock and roll, and truths about the human condition of a late-blooming feminist. To inhabit this story is to be swept into Bea's world, to bear witness as the little girl in the photographs and the woman in the mirror meet at the blurry intersection of memory and truth, disappointment and gratitude, vulnerability and connection, and most of all, resilience.

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I can't remember the last time I was as completely bewitched by a fictional character as I was by Bea Seger in Stephanie Gangi's Carry The Dog. What a treat to view life through the eyes of this funny, smart, gutsy woman, who has suffered its outrageous slings and arrows, and just keeps coming back for more. --Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are . . . Stephanie Gangi's Carry the Dog is powered by insight and true wit as it explores families and their aftershocks, as well as art, regret, and the state of being an older, desiring female in a world that too often looks away. I enjoyed it immensely. --Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Female Persuasion There was something so authentic about this novel, and the awkward, earnest grace of the bright light at its center, Bea. It's a book about resilience, and the imperative of defining yourself to yourself, and a riveting reminder that nothing in this life is ever too late. I loved it. --Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes Carry the Dog is a fantastic novel about art, fame, aging and the unfathomable mystery of family. Stephanie Gangi writes with a rare mix of grace and urgency. --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions A keenly observed and devastating novel. Though Bea's is a voice that, at times, made me laugh with recognition, her story is so dark and compelling that I woke before dawn to finish reading. --Polly Samson, author of A Theater for Dreamers A smart, sophisticated, lively read. --Kirkus Reviews

I can't remember the last time I was as completely bewitched by a fictional character as I was by Bea Seger in Stephanie Gangi's Carry The Dog. What a treat to view life through the eyes of this funny, smart, gutsy woman, who has suffered its outrageous slings and arrows, and just keeps coming back for more. --Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are . . . Stephanie Gangi's Carry the Dog is powered by insight and true wit as it explores families and their aftershocks, as well as art, regret, and the state of being an older, desiring female in a world that too often looks away. I enjoyed it immensely. --Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Female Persuasion There was something so authentic about this novel, and the awkward, earnest grace of the bright light at its center, Bea. It's a book about resilience, and the imperative of defining yourself to yourself, and a riveting reminder that nothing in this life is ever too late. I loved it. --Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes Carry the Dog is a fantastic novel about art, fame, aging and the unfathomable mystery of family. Stephanie Gangi writes with a rare mix of grace and urgency. --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions A keenly observed and devastating novel. Though Bea's is a voice that, at times, made me laugh with recognition, her story is so dark and compelling that I woke before dawn to finish reading. --Polly Samson, author of A Theater for Dreamers A smart, sophisticated, lively read. --Kirkus Reviews

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"Stephanie Gangi is a poet, essayist, and novelist. Her award-winning poem, ""Four,"" was published in the Hippocratic Prize Anthology. Her acclaimed debut novel, The Next, was a finalist in the Writers@Work Annual Writing Competition. Her essays have been published in Literary Hub, Catapult, The Woolfer, Bust, TueNight, and NextTribe. Gangi wrote the first draft of Carry the Dog at the Leopardi Writing Conference in Recanati, Italy, after winning the Jeannine Cooney Scholarship for Excellence in Fiction . She lives in New York City. Cheryl K. Smith has raised a small herd of dairy goats under the herd name Mystic Acres since 1998. She published Ruminations: The Nigerian Dwarf and Mini Dairy Goat magazine and Goat Health Care. She writes a blog (ruminationsongoats.blogspot.com) and is an expert on goats at allexperts.com."

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