Three Wild Dogs (and the truth)

"There''s a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us. It''s love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things . . ." What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm? The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed . . . not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour of the morning. There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love - and the joy and recognition of family. From one of the world''s great storytellers comes a tender, motley and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder; but it''s also a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty - but also the visceral truth of the natural world - straight to our doors and into our lives, and change us forever.

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Truthful - and often very funny - and raw . . . this is as true a book about a dog as you will find Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Markus Zusak, Zusak Markus
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781035062935
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3506293-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; New South Wales, Sydney, SELF-HELP / General, PETS / Dogs / General, 21st Century, Self-help & personal development, Mind, Body, Spirit, Dogs as pets, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Relating to middle adulthood