Life Is Hard, So Why Not Wear Your Dog? Questions For Laura Zigman
Judy Vogel's life is falling apart. Or really, it HAS fallen apart: Once, she was a successful children's book author whose work was adapted for TV. Now, a couple of flops and a nasty case of writers' block have reduced her to grinding out content for a wellness website; her estranged husband Gary, whose anxiety has stunted his music career, lives in the basement because they can't afford to divorce — a situation they're hiding from their sullen teenager Teddy. And her best friend is dying of cancer.
So what's a woman to do in this situation? Clearly, start wearing her dog in a sling, just to feel some kind of comfort and connection. And that's just what Judy's doing when we meet her at the beginning of Laura Zigman's new novel . "When I came up with the idea
