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Never Leave the Dogs Behind

A Memoir

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1 of 2 copies available

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The author of Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs.

In her debut memoir, Nowhere for Very Long, Brianna Madia reflected on her life as a nomad, free to roam some of the most beautiful land in America. Now, in Never Leave the Dogs Behind, the van life adherent faces the unfathomable darkness that comes from a life blown apart, her only solace the support of her dogs.

In the wake of a painful, public divorce and the ensuing fallout, Brianna moves from a pared-down van into a pared-down trailer. She reckons with her decision to be alone in the desert, living on a nine-acre plot of undeveloped land on the dusty outskirts of a small town in Utah, accompanied only by her four precious dogs: Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, and Banjo. As she grapples with the anger, despair, and delicious freedom that comes from being wholly on her own, Brianna wonders where, exactly, the road less traveled has led her.

A powerful and poignant portrait of rebuilding and surviving, Never Leave the Dogs Behind is about finding the courage to start over when the dream life you thought you were living collapses around your feet.

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      Starred review from September 13, 2024

      In her second memoir about her extraordinary life (following Nowhere for Very Long), Madia delivers another poignant book, this time focusing on the aftermath of her divorce. Madia rose to fame for sharing details of her nomadic life, living out of an orange van named Bertha with her dogs and her now ex-husband in Utah. Then she hit rock bottom as, amid the pandemic, she contended with both vicious online vitriol and separation and divorce from her husband, who was addicted to alcohol. With only her four dogs--Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, and Banjo--as support and comfort, she purchased a plot of land in Utah and retreated from the world. Narrating her own story, Madia details the deep anger, despair, hopelessness, and wonder she finds as she tries to pull her life back together in isolation. Listeners will cry and ache alongside her as, speaking through her tears, she shares every painful step it took to crawl back to herself. VERDICT Listeners who enjoyed Madia's first memoir will be thrilled to hear more about her life, her struggles and successes, and her amazing dogs.--Kaitlyn Tanis

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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