"Bea Seger has spent a lifetime running from her childhood. The daughter of a famous photographer, she and her borthers were the subjects of an explosive series of images in the 1960s known as the Marx Nudes. Disturbing and provocative, the photographs left a family legacy of grief felt long past the public outcry and media attention. Now, decades later, both the Museum of Modern Art and Hollywood have come calling, eager to cash in on the enduring interest in these infamous photos. Bea faces a choice: let the world in -- and be financially compensated for the trauma of her childhood -- or leave it all locked away in a storage unit forever. Twice-divorced from but still dependent on ageing rock star Gary Going, Bea lives in Manhattan with her borrowed dog, Dory, and her sort-of half-sister, Echo. Navigating old resentments and betrayals, Bea stumbles towards her best future, even as the past looms larger than ever before. Carry the Dog reverberates with rock and roll, and truths about the human condition of a late-blooming feminist. To inhabit this story is to be swept into Bea's world, to bear witness as the little girl in the photographs and the woman in the mirror meet at the blurry intersection of memory and truth, disappointment and gratitude, vulnerability and connection, and most of all, resilience. "A woman looks back at the events that shaped her life, especially the scandals and family secrets that stand in the way of her making peace with her past." -- Provided by publisher.
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