Ask Bob

Dr. Robert Heller is one of New York City's leading veterinarians, and his advice column is hugely popular among pet-lovers. Yet Dr. Bob understands animals a lot better than people, and he could use some advice of his ownespecially about his family. His father is angry and controlling, his mother is nearly invisible, and his brother seems bent on destroying the lives of everyone around him. Bob's wife is all but perfect, assuming one can ignore her own deeply dysfunctional clan. Just when Bob thinks he's figured out what it takes to thrive in the human world, tragedy strikes. How can he go on living when he is suddenly, soul-killingly alone?