The Dog of the North

by Elizabeth McKenzie

Penguin Press

   This is for anyone who has an eccentric or difficult family member (or several), and makes the poor decision to try to help them out. Penny Rush is at first somewhat relieved to have the distraction from her impending divorce of dealing with her Grandparents and finds herself falling into a quick friendship with her Grandmother's inept accountant, Burt. What happens in the next few days shows the power of Penny's friendship as well as her own emotional turmoil and does it with great dark humor. 

    It would make a lovely and very funny film - Tom Hanks would do Burt well.

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