Picture This: A Novel LP

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Peaks Island, Maine, vibrates with its own special magic. The people, the animals, and even the houses have a charm and personality all their own. Just ask Rocky Pelligrino. Devastated by her husband Bob's death, she found hope thanks to a loyal black Lab named Cooper. Warm friends and a new job have helped Rocky chart a new course. She's even ready to try love again with Hill, the gentle and patient archery instructor.

But a phone call from a troubled young woman looking for her biological father shakes Rocky's newfound joy. Could this young girl hold a tendril of the man who was the love of her life Or could the girl throw Rocky's world into chaos . . . and shatter her heart again

Reviews

"Sheehan uses her skills as both a psychologist and a writer to create a solid, insightful story that will leave fans eagerly awaiting another visit from the strong heroine, her dog and her friends." -- Kirkus Reviews

"The best book I've read in a long time. I enjoyed every word." -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times Bestselling author

"Dog lovers will adore Sheehan's portrayal of Cooper." -- Publishers Weekly

"Jacqueline Sheehan eloquently and expertly channels both human and canine voices in this bittersweet island-set tale of wounded lives renewed." -- Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of Becoming Finola

Author Bio

Jacqueline Sheehan, Ph.D., is a fiction writer and essayist. She is a New Englander through and through, but spent twenty years living in the western states of Oregon, California, and New Mexico doing a variety of things, including house painting, freelance photography, newspaper writing, clerking in a health food store, and directing a traveling troupe of high school puppeteers. She is currently the fiction editor for Patchwork Journal , an online journal sponsored by Patchwork Farm, an internationally based writing center. Jacqueline teaches workshops on writing and the combination of yoga and writing. She lives in Massachusetts.