Holly
The Entirely Unauthorized Biography of One Perfectly Imperfect Labrador
by Donald Boice
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About the Book
Holly was supposed to be a rescue dog.
She became management.
Adopted from a shelter in 2014, Holly Elizabeth Boice arrived as an early Christmas present and quickly made herself central to the household. She monitored the kitchen, negotiated couch law, supervised family routines, and treated cheese as both a food group and a legal entitlement.
But HOLLY is not only a book about the funny things a Labrador did. It is a memoir about what happens when a dog becomes part of the structure of a family—the ordinary days, the hard seasons, the aging, the grief, and the memories that remain.
Told with humor, honesty, and love, this is the story of one rescued yellow Labrador who was never perfect, never subtle, and never quite as unauthorized as she appeared
She became management.
Adopted from a shelter in 2014, Holly Elizabeth Boice arrived as an early Christmas present and quickly made herself central to the household. She monitored the kitchen, negotiated couch law, supervised family routines, and treated cheese as both a food group and a legal entitlement.
But HOLLY is not only a book about the funny things a Labrador did. It is a memoir about what happens when a dog becomes part of the structure of a family—the ordinary days, the hard seasons, the aging, the grief, and the memories that remain.
Told with humor, honesty, and love, this is the story of one rescued yellow Labrador who was never perfect, never subtle, and never quite as unauthorized as she appeared
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Biographies & Memoirs
- Additional Categories Parenting & Families, Pets
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Project Option: 6×9 in, 15×23 cm
# of Pages: 110 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9798234133908
- Publish Date: Jul 17, 2026
- Language English
- Keywords family, grief, rescue, memoir, dogs
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About the Creator
Donald Boice
Texas, USA
Donald Boice is a husband, father, police helicopter pilot, and lifelong believer that the best dogs are rarely as well-behaved as people claim. He lives in Texas with his family, where Holly spent twelve years supervising the household, collecting cheese taxes, negotiating bed space, and proving that a rescue dog can become the center of everything without ever asking permission. HOLLY began as a way to remember one perfectly imperfect yellow Labrador and became a family story about love, laughter, ordinary days, and the quiet ways a dog can change a home forever.

