Stepdog A Memoir Author:Mireya Navarro From Pulitzer Prize?winning New York Times journalist Mireya Navarro comes Stepdog, the hilarious and heartwarming tale of a woman who has finally met the man of her dreams?and the dog of her nightmares. — — After more than three decades of happy single womanhood, Mia Navarro wasn?t really looking to change her relationship status . . . until sh... more »e fell in love with Jim and agreed to marry him. As it turns out, the marriage is pretty wonderful; the stepkids are, well, typical pre-teens; the weather in Los Angeles is perfect. But life is not spotless. The spots belong to Jim?s mutt, Eddie. Possessive and jealous, Eddie behaves like Jim?s mistress, and as time goes on, a full-on war ensues. Mia slams the door in Eddie?s face, cordons off the house into ?dog? and ?wife? territories, and leaves the back door open . . . by, er, accident, of course. She even tries to leave Eddie behind in California when she and Jim abruptly relocate to New York. But in the end, it?s clear that not even a wife can come between man and dog. As Eddie ages, the two must make peace with each other. Stepdog is a triumphant story about finding love at an unexpected stage in life and the many unforeseen obstacles?not only of the four-legged variety?that can get in the way on the road to happily ever after.« less