I hope that those of you who have read at least one of my Books - most especially - Closeness Without Control - have been put in touch with my softer side, which is accordingly highlighted in that book and this book as well. This book, which is for all intents and purposes - a Love Story - will be especially appreciated by those of you who have pets and love them and treat them as members of your family. Up close and personal - the cast includes, Pretty (a blue-yellow budgie), Doobie (a green peach-faced love bird), Cuddles (a white bunny with blue flecked fur, circles of black around his eyes - a lop with those signature ears that not only a mother would love). Featured in the Starring Role - A black bunny with white feet and a wonderful triangular white nose that immediately told you - It's me - Even from a considerable distance - The incomparable Spunkerface - A Netherland dwarf so small when we took him home Barbara held him in the palm of her hand. Oh - Barbara is my dear wife - The love affair between the three of us began that day and lasted an incredible thirteen and one-half years. This is our tribute to Spunks who hung in there with Barbara and Ken - amazingly as long as he possibly could - Somehow knowing how much they needed him- and how much he loved them back.