CHAROITE SIBERIANS

When I was about eight or nine, one of the books I read really struck a chord. The story has stuck with me ever since. It's the tale of Sirius, the magnificent dog star, who finds himself caught in the body of a stray puppy. We always had dogs when I was growing up but our family pet wasn't really viewed as a kindred spirit. I think this is one of the stories that showed me that our relationship with dogs can be the closest thing humans can get to magic, true love, belonging, Pack...

Even though the story haunted me, I couldn't remember who wrote it or even the book's title. But you know what it's like on the Internet. At work today I was looking for something completely unrelated, saw the name Sirius which sparked off a memory and one search led to another and eventually to Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones. I'm so excited and have to read this again, now I'm surrounded by beautiful Dog Stars of my own.

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