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Wait...Is This How You've Been Living?: A Story of Misplaced Souls, Refrigerator Raids, and the Truth About the Backyard
Paperback
Series: Oddly Comforting Collection
ISBN13: 9781971604084
Publisher: Creative Scribbles, LLC
Published: May 21 2026
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if your dog knew exactly how you'd been living - and had opinions about it?
Wait... Is This How You've Been Living? is a whimsical, big-hearted comedic fantasy about perspective, connection, and our pet's lives.
One suspiciously magical birthday candle. One ordinary Tuesday. One family that will never look at each other the same way again.
Claire wakes up with paws, a tail, and an alarming new appreciation for backyard smells. Her Golden Retriever, Biscuit, is walking upright, making coffee, and sending deeply concerning work emails. Professor Whiskers the cat is horrifyingly trapped in the hamster's tiny body. Nugget the hamster has discovered heights, sunlight, and ambition. And Captain Bubbles the fish senses something is terribly wrong - right before forgetting about it entirely.
Inside this warm, laugh-out-loud fantasy:
- A Golden Retriever with unrestricted access to email
- The secret emotional lives of household pets
- Backyard politics, squirrel diplomacy, and full domestic chaos
- One magical candle. Several catastrophic misunderstandings.
As the family fumbles through each other's routines, the jokes give way to something quieter and truer: maybe they never really understood one another at all. Maybe nobody in this house has been paying attention. And maybe a body swap is the only thing that could have made them look.
Wait...Is This How You've Been Living? is a whimsical, big-hearted comedic fantasy about perspective, connection, and the small routines that quietly become a life.
Perfect for readers who love cozy fantasy, magical realism, talking animal stories, body-swap comedy, quirky humor, feel-good family fiction, and books that are both ridiculous and deeply sincere.
If you've ever wondered what your dog is really thinking, why your cat judges you, or whether the grass really is greener on the other side of the leash, this story has answers.
Part of the Oddly Comforting Collection
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