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Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog
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Jenna Blum
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“When I say Jenna Blum’s upcoming Woodrow on the Bench wrecked me and that I’m now sobbing eating all the chocolate, I mean it in the best way possible.” (Jodi Picoult)
"Jenna Blum's wonderful moving memoir, is a 'girl and her dog' story for the ages!” (Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain)
The New York Times and internationally best-selling author of Those Who Save Us pays tribute to her beloved black Lab, Woodrow, in this beautiful memoir that recalls the last six months of his life and the ways in which he taught her to live.
“For anyone who’s ever loved an old dog.”
Since she adopted him as a puppy 15 years earlier, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. Known to many as “the George Clooney of dogs” for his good looks and charm, Woodrow and his “Mommoo” are fixtures in their Boston neighborhood.
But Woodrow is aging. As he begins to fail, the true nature of his extraordinary relationship with Jenna is revealed. Jenna may be the dog parent, but it is Woodrow, with his amazing personality and trusting nature, who has much to teach her. A divorcée who has experienced her share of sadness and loss, Jenna discovers, over the months she spends caring for her ailing dog, what it is to be present in the moment, and what it truly means to love.
Aided by an amazing group of friends and buoyed by the support of strangers, Jenna and Woodrow navigate these precious final days together with kindness, humor, and grace. Their unforgettable love story will reaffirm your belief in kindness, break your heart, and leave your spirit soaring.
©2021 Jenna Blum (P)2021 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
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Animalkind
- Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion
- By: Ingrid Newkirk, Gene Stone
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are: astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, and myriad abilities. In Animalkind, Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone present these findings in a concise and awe-inspiring way, detailing a range of surprising discoveries, like that geese fall in love and stay with a partner for life, that fish “sing” underwater, and that elephants use their trunks to send subsonic signals, alerting other herds to danger miles away.
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Move aside National Geographic and Discover!
- By Tracy on 01-28-20
By: Ingrid Newkirk, and others
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The Counterfeit Countess
- The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
- By: Elizabeth B. White, Joanna Sliwa
- Narrated by: Gilli Messer
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg’s own unpublished memoir supplemented with prodigious research, Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa, professional historians and Holocaust experts, have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg’s sometimes harrowing personal testimony with broader historical narrative.
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Ok
- By Jewels on 03-29-25
By: Elizabeth B. White, and others
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Forever Home
- How We Turned Our House into a Haven for Abandoned, Abused, and Misunderstood Dogs—and Each Other
- By: Ron Danta, Danny Robertshaw, Larry Lindner
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Danny & Ron’s Dog Rescue is an organization like no other. Because an abused or neglected dog can only recover and learn to trust again when it is in a loving home, Danny and Ron decided to open their doors. Danny and Ron treat each neglected, abused, and misunderstood animal like a member of the family; the dogs eat organic food from their own bowls and are even allowed to sleep in the bed.
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So inspiring and relatable
- By MIchelle Howard on 11-10-22
By: Ron Danta, and others
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This Is What It Sounds Like
- What the Music You Love Says About You
- By: Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers
- Narrated by: Susan Rogers
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When you listen to music, do you prefer lyrics or melody? Intricate harmonies or driving rhythm? The “real” sounds of acoustic instruments or those of computerized synthesizers? Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain”), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s reaction to seven key dimensions of any record: authenticity, realism, novelty, melody, lyrics, rhythm, and timbre.
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Needed to include the music
- By Sarah on 01-18-23
By: Ogi Ogas, and others
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Limitless
- The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance
- By: Mallory Weggemann, Tiffany Yecke Brooks - contributor
- Narrated by: Mallory Weggemann
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records. Two years after that, a devastating fall severely damaged her left arm. But despite all of the hardships that Mallory faced, she was sure about one thing: she refused to give up.
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Inspiring read
- By Mewmemphis on 04-25-21
By: Mallory Weggemann, and others
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The Rope
- A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP
- By: Alex Tresniowski
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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In the tranquil seaside town of Asbury Park, New Jersey, 10-year-old schoolgirl Marie Smith is brutally murdered. Small-town officials, unable to find the culprit, call upon the young manager of a New York detective agency for help. It is the detective’s first murder case, and now, the specifics of the investigation and daring sting operation that caught the killer is captured in all its rich detail for the first time.
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INCREDIBLE
- By valerie on 04-04-22
By: Alex Tresniowski
Kindness and real
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owner can relate to. It was a beautiful story
Beautiful memoir
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A Heartbreaking summation of pure love.
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Love. Her absolute love for her boy.
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Grief and Loss
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