Ever By My Side: A Memoir in Eight Pets
 Nick Trout graduated from veterinary school at the University of Cambridge in 1989. He is a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons and is a staff surgeon at the prestigious Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston. He is the author of two books, theNew York TimesbestsellerTell Me Where It HurtsandLove is the Best Medicineand  has been a contributing columnist forThe Bark andPrevention magazines . His new book,Ever By My Side, will be published by Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, in February 2011. Nick considers himself a runner (though his marathon days are behind him), an avid reader and a passionate advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, two daughters and their two dogs, Meg, their yellow Labrador, and Sophie, their Jack Russell terrier. Visit Nick Trout online at www.facebook.com/drnicktrout   From the Hardcover edition.