Quarna Sopra

Heartbroken and searching for an escape, he impulsively left New York for Europe.

Through an accidental discovery on an Airbnb map, that journey brought him to Carna, Quarna? A tiny bor- I, we're gonna hear from the horse's mouth.

A tiny mountain village in northern Italy where he...

An unexpected friendship and the warmth of an entire community helped him begin to find his way forward.

Also my a- editor there, Anna, helped shape the story.

And so it slowly became this story of overcoming grief and discovery, and then ultimately it became a story of escape ... discovery and renewal.

[clears throat] And so the reason the title is there is people kept saying, "Well, how did you discover Quarna?" And it's like, well, Because of a Dog.

[laughs]