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Books : Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish |
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List Price: $22.00Amazon.com's Price: $14.96 You Save: $7.04 (32%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70929
EAN: 9781416559139
ISBN: 1416559132
Label: Pocket Books
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: November 06, 2007
Publisher: Pocket Books
Sales Rank: 4451
Studio: Pocket Books
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Product Description:
A STUNNINGLY INTIMATE LOOK AT THE LOVE BETWEEN A FAMILY AND A DOG WHICH MOVINGLY SHOWS THAT 'IN THE END, WE HUMANS ARE THE LUCKY ONES.'
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.
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. But 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 good-bye. Crushed and consumed with grief, Mark turned to family, friends, and fans for help. But new hope came when the Levins least expected it.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Really bad book
I received this book for Christmas from my sister, because she knows what a great dog lover I am. (If she had read the book first, I'm certain she wouldn't have forwarded it to me.) I think I'm safe in saying that it is the most poorly-written book I've ever read. It's boring, rambling, name-dropping, and self-indulgent.
Rating:  - For a dog lover
Bought this book for a friend who recently lost a very dear four-legged friend. They appreciated the book.
Rating:  - A good dog story
Who doens't like a great dog story? I know I do. Rescuing Sprite is just that. I admire Mark Levin and the love he has for his dogs Pepsi and Sprite. It takes a special family to adopt an older dog.
I found most of the novel to be general and generic discriptions of his life with the dogs, and I wish we got to know more about who the dogs were and some of the adventures with them. I feel like it was missing that for the reader- the essence of who the dogs were. We all love our dogs, but it's ... Read More
Rating: - Why Did He Write This?
I love dogs and I love books about dogs, but this one stinks. Sorry.
Rating: - Read this if you ever loved and lost a dog
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 ... Read More
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