A review by agf523
The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant

5.0

A cute piece of realistic fiction about an old lady who has outlived all of her friends, so she decides to name everything she knows will last longer than her like her house, her car, and her chair. Then, one day, when she is working in her garden a puppy arrives. She can tell the puppy is hungry, so she feeds it and tells it to go back home. This continues every day until the puppy is a dog. Then, one day the dog disappears for several days. The old lady has still never named the dog for fear of outliving it, but she calls the local pound where she finds there are several dogs. She goes to the pound and the worker asks her dog's name. She thinks about how lucky she is for having known so many good people in her life and for having this dog as a companion, so she names her dog, Lucky! From then on, Lucky lives with her and they are happy together.