When Rowdy Murphy's husband, Mark, abandons her for a younger woman, leaving behind a dog that Rowdy hates, never wanted, and vowed she'd never walk, feed, bathe, or poop scoop, she is livid. But the divorce, Mark's new family, and breast cancer forge an unlikely friendship between Rowdy and the much-reviled dog, Nick Nack. LESSONS I LEARNED FROM NICK NACK is the story of one woman's journey through anger, loneliness, pain, and fear and her ultimate surrender to the power of unconditional love.