TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rowley,Steven
TI  - Lily and the octopus
SN  - 9781501126222
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Dog owners
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - Gay men
KW  - Dachshunds
N1  - "A novel"--Dust jacket
N2  - Teddy is unhappily single in L.A.  In between sessions with his therapist and dates with men he meets online, Teddy has debates with his dachshund, Lily, who occupies his heart.  Unfortunately, he is also able to communicate with the "octopus" attached to Lily's head, which is soon revealed to be a metaphor for Lily's lethal cranial tumor.  As Lily's condition worsens, Teddy faces off with the "octopus", engaging it in a battle of wills that takes on epic proportions.  An exceedingly authentic, keenly insightful, funny and ardent tribute to the purity of love between a pet and its human. --
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