All about helping animals and helping the homeless in Southern California – two topics that hit figuratively and literally close to home. This book tells a non-linear story of the author and his personal journey of becoming a veterinarian and how he eventually helps pets of the homeless (unhoused). Through many vignettes the story underscores the deep relationship that homeless people form with pets – and how these people are treated with very little dignity. This isn’t necessarily a do-gooders story. The vet is a very flawed human with an attitude that I’d describe as David Goggins light. There was enough interesting subject matter to keep this book relevant for me, yet my overall feeling was in the “not bad/decent/pretty good” spectrum.