The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances - Brossura

Cooney, Ellen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0544483936 ISBN 13: 9780544483934

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2015

Riassunto

New and Noteworthy from USA TodayA Best New Book of the Week from People

"This book will grab your heart and not let go." —John Grogan, author of Marley & Me

“A wise, engaging meditation on dogs, love, and recovery from pain. Come. Sit. Read!” —Lily King, author ofEuphoria and The Pleasing Hour

“If you’ve ever loved a dog, this book is a must-read.” —Missourian

The Sanctuary is a refuge for strays and rescued dogs. Evie has joined a training program there, though she knows almost nothing about animals. Like the greyhound who won’t move, the Rottweiler with attitude problems, or the hound who might be a candidate for search-and-rescue, Evie has a troubled past. But as they all learn, no one should stay prisoner to a life she didn’t choose. Heartfelt and hilarious in turn, this is a deeply moving story of the countless ways in which humans and canines help each other find new lives, new selves, and new hope.

“This is a miracle of a book . . . Cooney is such a wise genius of a writer, and her sentences keep surprising you, but are never the point in themselves. I read with a kind of mental breathlessness. If Cooney needs someone to convince her to write a sequel, I volunteer.” —Gail Godwin, author of Evensong and Publishing

“A moving and joyous romp . . . All the dogs are wonderfully, fully drawn characters . . . A brilliantly crafted, uplifting book.” —The Bark

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Recensione:

People Magazine, "People Picks"

USA Today, "New and Noteworthy" "A charming novel about damaged souls looking for a 'forever home.'" --Shelf Awareness, starred review "Must-read...a moving and joyous romp...All the dogs are wonderfully, fully drawn characters...a brilliantly crafted, uplifting book." -- The Bark

 

"Is there such a thing as a Rescue Book? Well, there is now. This is a miracle of a book. It's even a spiritual handbook. And it is for readers young and old and all of the in-between. Cooney is such a wise genius of a writer, and her sentences keep surprising you, but are never the point in themselves. I read with a kind of mental breathlessness. If Cooney needs someone to convince her to write a sequel, I volunteer." —Gail Godwin, author of Evensong and Unfinished Desires

"The real genius of this story is in all the things it doesn't tell you, all the things it assumes you already know—and turns out, you do!—which leaves much more space to be taken up by what really matters: the marvelous canines. Any dog-lover—any person-lover—will be moved (nearly to the point of slobbering) by this warm, funny, heart-expanding book."  —Pam Houston, author of Sight Hound and Contents May Have Shifted

"A young woman who knows she's lost, and an older woman who doesn't think she is, meet a slew of castaway dogs at a snowy, mountaintop sanctuary, and discover what they didn’t even know they were looking for. A charming novel about overcoming the past and finding meaning and purpose in the present."  —Susan Richards, author of Chosen by a Horse

"The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances is both a joyful romp and a wise, engaging meditation on dogs, love, and recovery from pain. Come. Sit. Read!"  —Lily King, author of The Pleasing Hour and Father of the Rain

“The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances is a jubilant, wise celebration of love, reciprocal between human and canine, in ways profound, moving, and soul saving. Readers will long remember the central humans in this tale—Evie, Mrs. Auberchon, and Giant George—along with the exquisitely drawn cast of rescued dogs who, in their own delightful, mysterious, and silent ways, heal their rescuers wounds. Ellen Cooney has written a funny, joyous, and heartrending book that insists intelligence and kindness must win out over ignorance and cruelty. Exploring the human and canine hearts with equal doses of wisdom and wit, Mountaintop is surely a book to be read and reread preferably with your dog nestled by your side.”  —Connie May Fowler, author of Remembering Blue

“What if James Herriot had written The Shining, but starring Bridget Jones? These pages are that much fun, and that harrowing, and that sweetly tender. Dog by dog by dog by Evie, the star-crossed protagonist, practically a stray herself, we come to understand that we're all a little bit un-adoptable, a little bit misused, and ready for sure for some loving kindness, the kind that surpasseth understanding, and that only dog can give.”  — Bill Roorbach, author of Life Among Giants and Writing Life Stories

People Magazine, "People Picks"
USA Today, "New and Noteworthy"
"A charming novel about damaged souls looking for a 'forever home.'" --Shelf Awareness, starred review
"Must-read...a moving and joyous romp...All the dogs are wonderfully, fully drawn characters...a brilliantly crafted, uplifting book." -- The Bark

 

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New and Noteworthy from USA Today
A Best New Book of the Week from People
 
“A wise, engaging meditation on dogs, love, and recovery from pain. Come. Sit. Read!” —Lily King, author of Euphoria
 
“If you’ve ever loved a dog, this book is a must-read.” —Missourian
The Sanctuary is a refuge for strays and rescued dogs. Evie has joined a training program there, though she knows almost nothing about animals. Like the greyhound who won’t move, the Rottweiler with attitude problems, or the hound who might be a candidate for search-and-rescue, Evie has a troubled past. But as they all learn, no one should stay prisoner to a life she didn’t choose. Heartfelt and hilarious in turn, this is a deeply moving story of the countless ways in which humans and canines help each other find new lives, new selves, and new hope.
 
“This is a miracle of a book . . . Cooney is such a wise genius of a writer, and her sentences keep surprising you, but are never the point in themselves. I read with a kind of mental breathlessness.  If Cooney needs someone to convince her to write a sequel, I volunteer.” —Gail Godwin, author of Publishing, Evensong, Unfinished Desires, and many others
 
“A moving and joyous romp . . . All the dogs are wonderfully, fully drawn characters . . . A brilliantly crafted, uplifting book.” —The Bark
 
Ellen Cooney is the author of nine novels, and her stories have appeared in The New Yorker and many literary journals. She has taught writing at MIT, Harvard, and Boston College and now lives in Maine with her dogs Andy, Skip, and Maxine—each, in their own way, a rescue.
 

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0544483936
• ISBN 13: 9780544483934
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 293