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Manufacturer: Pocket Books
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Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70929
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Pocket Books
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2007-11-06
Publisher: Pocket Books
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Studio: Pocket Books
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Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. In 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi into their lives. Six years later, his wife and son persuaded him to adopt a dog from the local shelter, a Spaniel mix. It turned out he was older than originally thought, and he was the most beautiful dog they'd ever seen. They named him Sprite. Their lives would never be the same. Sprite and Pepsi became fast friends. They did everything together, from rummaging through the trash to loudly greeting the deliveryman. And the Levin family fell in love with him -- with his gentle nature, beautiful face and soft, huggable fur. But on Halloween night, shortly after joining their family, Sprite suddenly collapsed and was rushed to the animal hospital. It was the first of many such visits, and the start of a long journey for the Levin family, filled with much joy and anguish. During the next two years, Sprite and Pepsi were inseparable. And Sprite's bond with the Levin family deepened. Friends, neighbors, and even Mark's radio audience came to know and love Sprite. As Mark's daughter turned eighteen and graduated from high school and Mark's son turned fifteen, Sprite's health deteriorated -- even as his spirits remained high and his beauty and grace continued to inspire. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2006, the Levin family said their emotional final goodbye. Crushed and consumed with grief, Mark turned to family, friends, and fans for help. But new hope came when the Levins least expected it. Rescuing Sprite is a stunningly intimate look at the love between a family and a dog, one that movingly shows, in Mark Levin's words, that "in the end, we humans are the lucky ones."
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Summary: Why Did He Write This?
Comment: I love dogs and I love books about dogs, but this one stinks. Sorry.
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Summary: Read this if you ever loved and lost a dog
Comment: The dogs I have grieved most intensely over, I realize, have been the ones I who were in my life the shortest amount of time. Perhaps it is the deep wish that more time could have been granted to me with these dogs. So it was I think with Mark, who had only two short years with Sprite, and whose detailed expression of grief was more pure and honest and heart-wrenching than any I could ever imagine. This man has given us a gift of his love and devotion, and his book is a tribute not only to Sprite but to all of us who have ever felt what he did. The reviewers who didn't read the book all the way through missed the most valuable part of it -- it wasn't about the dog himself, with all kinds of amazing and enjoyable cute "stories", but about Mark's FEELINGS about this dog, expressed so incredibly well as Sprite's days came to an end. I think this will be a catharsis for many readers who have gone through the same thing fighting the pain all the way. The only way to deal with it is to let yourself feel it. This will help, I know it will. It helped me.
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Summary: Great read for animal lovers
Comment: I loved this book. It made me laugh and cry, and I couldn't put it down until I finished it.
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Comment: I have not received this book as of yet so cannot give it a review
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Summary: Get some perspective about life
Comment: I'm a pet lover, but really, is putting a dog to sleep the worst tragedy that's ever happened in the author's life?
He devotes about two paragraphs to his aging parents with health problems whom he rarely visits, while agonizing about whether he should have gotten the dog an MRI. Go visit your parents and ask how they are doing!
And are we supposed to be sympathetic that the family just couldn't enjoy their trip to the Bahamas because they were worried about the sick dog? Cry me a river.
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