â€œThe life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed,â€ writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador

Good Dog. Stay.

â€œThe life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed,â€ writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beauâ€™s, and on the lessons sheâ€™s learned by watching him: to roll with the punches, to take things as they come, to measure herself not in terms of the past or the future but of the present, to raise her nose in the air from time to time and, at least metaphorically, holler, â€œI smell bacon!â€

Of the dog that once possessed a catcherâ€™s mitt of a mouth, Quindlen reminisces, â€œthere came a time when a scrap thrown in his direction usually bounced unseen off his head. Yet put a pork roast in the oven, and the guy still breathed as audibly as an obscene caller. The eyes and ears may have gone, but the nose was eternal. And the tail. The tail still wagged, albeit at half-staff. When it stops, I thought more than once, then weâ€™ll know.â€

Heartening and bittersweet, Good Dog. Stay. honors the life of a cherished and loyal friend and offers us a valuable lesson on our four-legged family members: Sometimes an old dog can teach us new tricks.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781400067138
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2007-11-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400067138

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781400067138
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2007-11-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400067138

Good Dog. Stay.

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