books.google.com - Topsy is a psychoanalytic tale of the effects of a dog on its owner; the analyst is the great Marie Bonaparte. Only after being told that her dog had cancer did she realize the attachment she developed to Topsy. She describes the emotions she experienced during the time of Topsy's illness and subsequent...http://books.google.com/books/about/Topsy.html?id=9OYB1jh5qcAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareTopsy