Katie O’Reilly
If Marcel has the chiseled good looks of Daniel Day Lewis, Katie O’Reilly is the lovechild of a feisty Helena Bonham Carter, the absolute cool of Kristin Scott Thomas and the adorableness of Drew Barrymore – all married within the womb of a ticking-time-bomb Amy Sedaris. Katie’s confident prose lolls around the panting tongue, pivots brilliantly at the “left ear popped skyward à la on-guard German shepherds” and lands playfully at the base of the wagging tail, egging you on to wag, wag wag your heart out until it shakes something loose and profound inside your psyche. Marcel, on the surface is the secret name sake of Ross Geller’s pet monkey in Friends – but dog parenting him actually is a prime jumping off point to delve into themes such as The Proud Parent, nurture vs. nature and the big one: To Parent or not to Parent? That is the question that deserves our sharp focus, and Katie courageously goes there with emotive poignancy, balsy valor and hilarious wit –- all the way down the block and back (clenched in your jaws.)
Now, to the question of little Marcel’s running around Wilmington, NC – should a state of emergency be called?
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