Lucy, a 6-year-old chocolate Labrador Retriever, is awaiting her “furever” home through Brookline Lab Rescue. Lucy, a former breeder dog, came to Brookline in mid-February and is learning to live …

Who among you is eager to read a novel that begins at the outset of the COVID pandemic? Neither was I, until I discovered Lucy by the Sea (Random House). The “Lucy” referred to in the title is …