b"Yet, despite the chaos in Jonathans life, he dotes onhis brother's dogs. Its during their routine, twice-dailywalks, that Jonathan meets people while contemplatinghislife.Concernedthedogsaredepressed,hemakesmultiplevisitswiththemtoseetheveterinarian,Dr.Clare. During one of those visits, she turns to Jonathanand says, Dogs do get depressed if left on their own toomuch, or under-exercised or abused. But, its not likehuman depression. Dogs tend naturally toward happi-ness. Thats why humans choose to live with them.Will Jonathan find love? Will Sissy and Dante settleinto city life? Will the advertising client who has a crushonJonathaneveraccepthiscreativeideas,orishedestined to continue writing Buy One Get Onehead-lines for the rest of his career? And, what will happenwhen Jonathans brother starts making plans to returnhome after his deployment is over?Meg Rosoff grew up in Boston andworked in advertising for fifteenyears before writing her first novel,How I Live Now, which has soldmore than one million copiesworldwide.It won the PrintzAward, was short-listed for theOrange Prize, and was made into afilm. She lives in London with herhusband, daughter and two dogs,Blue and Juno. Partners in toomany crimes to list, Meg told us.www.TheNewBarker.com THE NEW BARKER 63"