1999-03-27 Great read - interesting insight into dog/human relationship

Perilous Journey is about a woman, Liese; widowed after a car crash, turning her life upside down. At the time of the crash there are few she can turn to as she finds out that her husband was not the man she thought he was. With no money, only dept, she takes a job at a kennels. There she meets a German Shepherd, Shadow, who having been taken away from the one person he loved was now uncontrollable. A growing bond develops between the woman and dog. Shadow learns trust, and Liese, in turn, begins to feel a renewed sense of self-worth. However, the legacy of her husband's actions continue to haunt her and seems to spread bad luck over the kennels and her new found friends. A sequence of accidents and misfortunes start to threaten their lives.

It is a great read - typical Joyce Stranger who has a rare gift of being able to get inside the mind of the animals and describes their own behaviour and their relationship with humans, as well as the human traits of compassion versus exploitation.