Funeral for Dog

This is a richly layered and emotionally heartfelt story. On the surface it is about a dog's funeral, but on the deeper level it explores universal human propositions such as loneliness, trauma, understanding and belonging. The story has a seemingly happy ending with reunion and marriage, but at the end the mother's secret confession and the phone call about the death of another dog leave a complicated aftertaste, suggesting that the trauma of the past will not completely disappear, and that life is always a mixture of joy and sorrow. It tells us that sometimes the deepest emotional bonds may come from non-human creatures, and the most unexpected fate is often hidden in the saddest corners of life. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.