'A DAILY DOSE OF HOPE' Jojo MoyesHow do you welcome someone new into your home and heart? A week before Christmas 2022, former BBC journalist and award-nominated podcaster Rory Cellan-Jones received a special delivery that changed the course of his life. This is the story of #SophieFromRomania, told in full for the first time. In January 2022, the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie Cross, Cabbage. Newly retired, Rory had become inseparable from her during daily pandemic walks which alleviated his Parkinson-s Disease symptoms. After a grief-stricken year, Rory and his wife Diane contemplated opening up their hearts again and came across a dog listing for -a kind girl who loves everybody and is just looking for her forever home-. Bright-eyed, big-eared and trembling, Sophie arrives in London from Central Europe on 17th December. Rory holds the Romanian rescue in his arms, excited for their first walk together - unaware it is more than a year ahead. Sop
