"An amazing, beautiful book . . . It shows how one dog's dignified
presence can bring connection and love to a fractured world." ―Cat
Warren, New York Times bestselling author of What the Dog Knows
One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to
reunite with his first owner in this inspiring novel about the bond
between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection.
Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan
finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog's tag says
"Tamon," a name evocative of the guardian deity of the north. The man
decides to keep Tamon, becoming the first in a series of owners on the
dog's five-year journey to find his beloved first owner, Hikaru, a boy
who has not spoken since the tsunami. An agent of fate, Tamon is a gift
to everyone who welcomes him into their life.
At once heartrending and heartwarming, intimate and panoramic,
suspenseful and luminous--and deepened in its emotion by the author's
mastery of the gritty details and hardscrabble circumstances that define
the lives of the various people who take Tamon in on his journey--this
bestselling, award-winning novel weaves a feel-good tale of survival,
resilience, and love beyond measure.
