What happens when a smart New York Times editor decides to fill her empty nest with a puppy?

This is the marvellously entertaining (and instructive) chronicle of an adorable golden retriever puppy named Scout and his first year. Part memoir, part manual, part investigative report, The Puppy Diaries recounts Jill Abramson’s experiences of the first year of puppy parenting - think Nora Ephron meets Marley & Me.