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By My Side

Grief, love, and the golden Labrador who changes everything
By Alice Peterson
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One step can change everything... Cass Brooks wishes she could turn back time. She'd go back to that morning and retrace her steps. Her boyfriend would still be with her. Her mother wouldn't be nagging her to plan a new future when all she wants is... Read More
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Alice Peterson's warm, heartfelt novel about the way life can change in an instant -- and change again; now available in stunning new edition.

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One step can change everything...

Cass Brooks wishes she could turn back time. She'd go back to that morning and retrace her steps. Her boyfriend would still be with her. Her mother wouldn't be nagging her to plan a new future when all she wants is her old life back. Everything seems out of reach.

But when Ticket, the most intelligent and devoted golden Labrador, bursts into Cass's life and chooses her, she dares to dream that she can be happy again.

Then, on a flight, she sits next to Charlie, who believes he can show her a life full of possibilities. But will Cass let him? Can she let herself believe that with Ticket and Charlie, maybe she has a future after all?

By My Side by Alice Peterson explores themes of longing and hope, reminding us that new beginnings can emerge from the most unexpected places.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835012024

Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 320

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Alice Peterson has published two non-fiction books and 11 critically-acclaimed novels. She is drawn to writing about people who face adversity, and deal with it through friendship, love and community, inspired by her own experience of a professional tennis career cut short at the age of 18 by illness.

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