The Wrong Dog: An Unlikely Tale of Unconditional Love - Hardcover

Cohen, David Elliot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0997066415 ISBN 13: 9780997066418

Publisher: TMA Press, 2016

Synopsis

Literary Award Winner:

2018 National Indie Excellence

2018 International Book Awards Winner

From David Elliot Cohen, the multi-New York Times bestselling author of One Year Off, The Wrong Dog is the heartwarming, often hilarious, story of Simba II, a mischievous white Labrador puppy brought home by accident.

As he grows into an enormous ninety-pound dog with a huge personality, Simba cements the bond between two families and enriches their lives in countless ways.

When the family moves from San Francisco to New York, the author is charged with bringing Simba to the family’s new home, so he and his best friend, Erick, load the old hound into the back of a station wagon and set out on a 3,300-mile once-in-a-lifetime road trip across America.

With stops at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace; the Las Vegas Strip; Meteor Crater; the Painted Desert; Cadillac Ranch; Winslow, Arizona; Gallup, New Mexico; Graceland, and other all-American landmarks, this engaging and poignant volume chronicles an epic journey, the unconditional love between one dog and his family, and the vast and benevolent role dogs play in American family life. But most of all, The Wrong Dog shows us how the end of life can sometimes be the richest part of all.

About this title

About the Author:

For three decades, best-selling author and editor David Elliot Cohen has created books that have sold six million copies worldwide. Most were in the immensely popular Day in the Life and America 24/7 photography book series. He has four New York Times bestsellers and two international bestsellers to his credit. Cohen is a graduate of Yale University. He shares his time living between Manhattan and the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Laureen Seeger, and the youngest of their five children.

Review:

Literary Award Winner:

2018 National Indie Excellence

2018 International Book Awards Winner

This endearing memoir meets winning road trip adventure story combines wit and self-deprecation for a wonderful read any dog lover will relate to. With its cross-country romance and blended family whose bond is only strengthened by an out of control Labrador Retriever, this relatable, thoroughly modern story will win your heart. Highly recommended! ― Connie Wilson, Modern Dog Magazine

Cohen kept me engaged to the very end of his book... I thoroughly enjoyed it cover to cover and believe you will as well.” ― Diane Rich, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog "Time, travel, location and stunning imagery are common, unifying themes in the Cohen canon... The story of an urgent, 3,300-mile cross-country trip that two baby boomer guys take with an adorable 'wrong dog with a secondhand name,' was a tale he had to tell." -- Lou Fancher, San Jose Mercury-News

“Part Marley and Me, part Bucket List, part travel memoir, Cohen’s book tells the story of Simba, a larger-than-life Labrador retriever whose physical size is matched only by his love of people... In The Wrong Dog, writer David Elliot Cohen shows that sometimes a situation that seems so wrong actually turns out all right in the end.” ― Sara Hodon, Compulsive Reader

Despite the adorable puppy portrait on the cover, the book is more than the story of Simba and the cross-country road trip. It’s a beautifully written memoir. At times it reads like an offbeat sightseeing guide... at other times it is funny, sweet and sad. ― Linda Wilson Fuoco , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Funny at times and touching too, it’s a heartwarming memoir.” ― Kristine Sorensen, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh

“Exceptionally well written, consistently engaging, highly entertaining, The Wrong Dog is especially recommended for those with their own canine companion... Certain to be an enduringly popular addition to community library Pets/Wildlife collections. ― Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: TMA Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0997066415
• ISBN 13: 9780997066418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264