Dog Medicine, an Instant New York Times Bestseller

An honest and deeply moving memoir about a young woman’s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life

Dog Medicine captures in “unforgettable prose”, the anguish of depression, the slow path to recovery, and the astonishing way animals can help heal even the most broken hearts and minds.

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About the Book

Haunted by troubling childhood memories, Julie continued to sink into suicidal depression. Psychiatrists, therapists, and family tried to intervene, but nothing reached her until the day she decided to do one hopeful thing: adopt a golden retriever puppy.

At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie’s incoherent phone call, her mother raced from Ohio to New York and took her home.

She named him Bunker.

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A beautiful, soulful, insightful book

that simply has to be your next must-read.

- Cheryl Strayd

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Dog Medicine offers a carefully measured appreciation of life

in which every step forward is a victory worth celebrating, and every dark day is something that must be endured before moving on. Barton’s story of her life with Bunker is truly moving, and provides heartwarming proof of the ability of pets to alter our lives for the better.

- San Francisco Book Review

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Anyone who has ever opened their heart

and asked an animal to teach them how to live—and there are so many of us—will be deeply moved by the story of Julie Barton and her soulmate Bunker. In this honest, gloriously unselfconscious and compelling memoir, she does great honor, not only to her dog, but to the miracles made possible when logic, and even language, is not allowed to stand in the way of love.

- Pam Houston

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There are times when another creature can hold our love

until we can hold it for ourselves. And then, in perfect symbiosis, the beloved can become the lover, until they are one force. Dog Medicine shows us that this is not just possible, but sometimes, a matter of life or death

- Laura Munson

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Dog Medicine, published initially by a tiny press called Think Piece Publishing, was found and bought by Penguin Random House, then became an instant New York Times Bestseller. The book has since been named one of Oprah’s favorite memoirs of the year, been translated into nine languages, and read and loved all over the world.