"Any dog worth her milk bones," Lonesome writes, "must accept her lot in life?fording rivers, swimming lakes, camping out in bitter weather and, worst of all, bears. Yes, bears. It?s a wonder I am still around to tell this tale."
Lonesome?s memoirs paint a vivid picture of her life with Chris, but "I am not a vindictive creature and this book will remain family reading." She focuses on events not already recounted in Chris?s books and, as she loftily points out in her introduction, on sharing her unique dog?s perspective on their day-to-day life in the wilds.