My Best Friend

By Dani Kaplan

My Best Friend is an autobiographical novel about my relationship with Brandy, a Springer Spaniel, who was my main emotional support at the most difficult time in my life, when my sister Sarah was dying from cancer. After I met my wife Ellen and we moved in together, Brandy adopted Ellen's two Siamese cats, Foxy and Carousel, as her "best pals." For the first five years Ellen and I lived together, we took a month-long camping vacation every summer, sleeping in a tent with Brandy, while visiting Northwest Canada and the National Parks in the USA. Brandy enjoyed swimming in the oceans, rivers, and glacier lakes and was my confidante as I matured in my profession as a computer programmer. Brandy was there when we watched Old Faithful in Yellowstone and I had to call my boss from a phone booth. He constantly denigrated me but needed my input even while I was on vacation. Brandy and Ellen helped me enroll in Empire College (SUNY), where my computer essay was given high grades by Dr. Flynn Ph.D., who was teaching at the Brooklyn Polytechnic computer department. When we met at his office, he told me if I stayed at my current job I would fall behind in the technology market. While taking long walks at night with Brandy, I discussed Dr. Flynn's recommendation with her. She gave me the courage to start my own business, even though I picked the wrong partner, resulting in having to assume his responsibilities in the company. Brandy was my trusted adviser and companion until the day she died at the age of 15 ?. Since then I was never able to get another Springer Spaniel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542885647
• ISBN13: 9781542885645
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.9" x 5.5"