In the ARC, the narration switched between Einstein/Sandy and Emily, which is fine, but the formatting was a bit too thorough in trying to make those transitions clear.

For the record, the copy I read was 'advance uncorrected proofs', so I don't know how the final formatting played out. Add to that Emily's new, younger love interest, a young, flighty sister, and a cranky mother-in-law, and it's simply too much to squeeze into a short novel, especially because Lee tries to explore the respective angsts of each of these peripheral characters.Formatting wise, I took issue with a couple of things, too. Likewise, at Einstein's insistence, Emily takes up running and decides to enter a marathon - Sandy's goal in his early life before a leg injury made it impossible. For example, Emily's late mother played substantially into a subplot involving mother/daughter relationships, feminism, and childhood pathos. I enjoyed the insight into that industry - the stress, the pressure, and the joy of giving a new author a successful start.I didn't like that Lee tried to layer the story too much with subplots and complications that made the novel too convoluted. The parts I liked the most were the ones involving Emily's job as an editor for a book publisher. She needs help, but has nowhere to turn, except her new canine companion, Einstein.Emily and Einstein is overall an average novel - some parts I enjoyed and others I didn't.

Her life is unraveling quickly, and it's starting to effect her career at a publishing house. Then, Emily adopts him, and that's when the real complications begin.Meanwhile, Emily has lost her husband, is on the verge of losing the apartment she loves, and then finds a stash of Sandy's journals - mostly filled with his exploits with other women. Next thing he knows, Sandy is a dog named Einstein in the shelter at which Emily volunteers. Not ready to die, he blindly agrees to the terms an 'old man' offers him for a second chance. Then one day in a snowstorm, Sandy is hit by a car. Sandy Portman lives for his job - and the power it brings him - often pushing his wife, Emily, to the back burner. Emily and Einstein is a light romance about a selfish husband given a second chance to deserve his wife's love.

Emily and einstein by linda francis lee