Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances

New and Noteworthy from USA TodayA Best New Book of the Week from PeopleThis book will grab your heart and not let go. John Grogan author of Marley & MeA wise engaging meditation on dogs love and recovery from pain. Come. Sit. Read! Lily King author ofEuphoria and The Pleasing HourIf youve 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 wont 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 didnt 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 PublishingA moving and joyous romp . . . All the dogs are wonderfully fully drawn characters . . . A brilliantly crafted uplifting book. The Bark