Every morning, perched at Le PÕtit Douai, her favorite Paris cafŽ, American playwright Michelle A. Gabow soaked in the inspiration-rich palette on parade before her. In particular, her observant soul quickly fell in love with the graceful Parisian ladies and eccentric street artists accompanied by their unforgettable canine companions. A mŽlange of fiction and nonfiction, GabowÕs stories celebrate the elegant relationships between these women and their dogs, the secrets these partners so faithfully keep, and the tenderness of separations.
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To honor these unique friendships is to revel in Paris life.
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The Pink Lady is a fashionable woman in her pale-pink wool cape, gray sparkly stockings, and two-tone shoes, who travels with Sinatra, a small dog that only she can see.
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Adrian, a twelve-year-old girl uprooted from her home in the States, befriends Chien, an abused neighborhood dog of unknown gender who ignites AdrianÕs own gender issues.