Connections
Jacqueline Wein, 2016
Two Harbors Press
406 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781635050172
Summary
When their beloved pets are threatened, a group of ordinary New Yorkers find surprising new connections.
Contrary to the dazzling wealth, glitz and glamour portrayed in the media, the Upper East Side of Manhattan is not only glass penthouses, hedge fund managers, and $500 dinners. There are also ordinary side streets where hard-working singles rent, where roommates split expenses, where elderly women live orderly lives.
For many of them, home means a loving animal, the steadfast presence that shares a life, hears a secret, heals a hurt, claims the heart.
Manhattanite senior citizen Rosa Bassetti is determined to find out who is behind an anonymous note threatening Princess, the arthritic poodle who has claimed her heart. And her neighbors are ready to help. Manhattan’s Upper East Side isn’t all glitz and glamour.
Wein shows us the unique Connections that are made in Manhattan’s aging brownstones, tree-lined streets and pre-war buildings, where an intriguing cast of New Yorkers—a same-sex couple, a tough social worker finding love, a troubled boy, a lonely office manager—come together through their love for animals. By joining forces, can they stop a terrifying menace? (From the publisher.)