The Angel on My Shoulder: My Life with an American Pit Bull

The Angel on My Shoulder: My Life with an American Pit Bull Terrier

"â€œJolene writes with great heart and passion about a dog breed disenfranchised not because of what they are, but because of what we imagine them to be. I love stories that support the underdog, and Joleneâ€™s tale of her beloved pit bull terrier is exactly that. It is also a delight to read, and a worthy story to ponder. And you will fall in love with Rumer, Iâ€™ll promise you that.â€
â€”Susan Knilans McElroy, author of Animals As Teachers and Healers and Animals as Guides for the Soul
â€œJolene has truly captured the ways animals enrich and bless our lives in profound ways. Not only is Angel On My Shoulder a story of an exceptional, loving pit bull named Rumer, it is on a larger scale the defense of a gentle, loyal breed that has been much maligned and misunderstood. May it help everyone understand both the true nature of the American Pit Bull as well as the true nature of love.â€
â€”Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of strangers and The Blessings of the Animals
â€œFar more than any other breed, the American pit bull represents different things to different people. Badly managed dogs grab headlines because their behavior is atypical; Joleneâ€™s experience represents the far less shocking though no less fascinating reality of life with a peaceful, loving, comedic pit bull as â€˜best friendâ€™. If you enjoy tales of true love, you will value this story.â€
â€”Diane Jessup, author of The Working Pit Bull and The Dog Who Spoke With Gods
On a bitterly cold February day in 1992, a woman named Jolene found herself with a choice to make: the brindle puppy in a kindly strangerâ€™s left palmâ€”or the red puppy in his right?
For Jolene Mercadante, a librarian and lifelong animal advocate, this was the first tentative step on a journey that would impact the way she lived the rest of her life. She had no way of knowing how Rumer, a single little soul the size of a sausage, was about to change her life.
Through all of lifeâ€™s great adventuresâ€”the perfect five-week-old baby; the lanky, rebellious teenager; the extraordinary, splendid adultâ€”Rumer was a creature of humor and love. She joyfully shattered the unjust â€œpit bullâ€ stereotypes. She might not have been a heroic rescue dog, a therapy dog, or a war hero; there are other pit bulls who can claim this fame. But Rumer did touch the lives of everyone who knew her, and that made her heroic in her own way.
â€œShe did save us, she did rescue us, and she was our hero in so many ways.â€
Rumer was an ordinary dog who lived an ordinary life, but thatâ€™s what made her extraordinary. This memoir is an unforgettable love story and an uplifting journey brought about by the life of a truly pure and beautiful soul."

Country	USA
Author	Jolene Mercadante
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781462027637
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	iUniverse
Manufacturer	iUniverse
NumberOfPages	239
PublicationDate	2011-11-21
Publisher	iUniverse
ReleaseDate	2011-11-21
Studio	iUniverse

The Angel on My Shoulder: My Life with an American Pit Bull Terrier

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