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Dog Gone : A Lost Pet's Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home by Pauls Toutonghi (2016, Hardcover)

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-101101947012

ISBN-139781101947012

eBay Product ID (ePID)219385983

Product Key Features

Book TitleDog Gone : a Lost Pet's Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicParenting / Parent & Adult Child, Dogs / Breeds, Dogs / General, Animals / General, Essays & Narratives

IllustratorYes

GenrePets, Nature, Family & Relationships

AuthorPauls Toutonghi

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Length7.1 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-034739

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Dogs are us before we lost our innocence. Pauls Toutonghi has captured the joy of being a dog and the joy that dogs bring to our lives. In this moving, suspenseful, elegantly written story, he explores how a dog can be a loom that weaves together many souls into a beautiful fabric." --Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author of 77 Shadow Street and A Big Little Life "You can't write about dogs without writing about people. They chose long ago to be our good company in the adventure of being alive, and ever since they've served as our mirrors, our teachers, and the most stubbornly loyal of friends. Pauls Toutonghi understands the richness of these bonds. In Dog Gone, this engaging storyteller lights up the ways the love between human and dog brings both species to hilarity, gratitude, deep sorrow and a tenderness so real you can't help but touch it." --Mark Doty, National Book Award winning author of Dog Years and Heaven's Coast "Reader, prepare to fall in love: with Gonker, a dog unlike any other I've ever encountered; with the Marshall family, on their quest to find him; and with Pauls Toutonghi's achingly beautiful prose. Dog Gone does more than demonstrate the crucial and undeniable role that dogs--or any pet, for that matter--play in our lives. It illustrates the remarkable resilience of family in times of crisis. If you have ever loved and lost a pet, rest assured. You have found the book to make you whole again. Dog Gone is simply wonderful." --Julie Klam, New York Times bestselling author of Love at First Bark and You Had Me at Woof "A hugely entertaining book. It's got humor, pathos, gorgeous prose, and its details are arranged with the precision of a jeweler." --Tom Bissell, author of Apostle and Extra Lives "This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it. It's a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey. It's almost a novel, except that it's 'true.' It's kind-hearted, crazy, and moving. I found myself laughing. I found myself with tears to wipe away. Mostly, I gasped: the prose is so beautiful, with word-clusters that lodge in the memory. An accomplished piece of storytelling by one of the best younger writers in this country." --Jay Parini, author of Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal "There are so many books and so many dogs in the world, but trust me when I say there are no books like Pauls Toutonghi's magnificent Dog Gone and no dogs like those he brings to life in this tender, weird, sly, erudite tale of longing, loss, and redemption. A page turning adventure story, a meditation on how animals can bring out the best in humans, Dog Gone is the best book I've read in a long time." --Karen Karbo, author of The Stuff of Life and the Kick-Ass Women series, "This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it. It's a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey. It's almost a novel, except that it's 'true.' It's kind-hearted, crazy, and moving. I found myself laughing. I found myself with tears to wipe away. Mostly, I gasped: the prose is so beautiful, with word-clusters that lodge in the memory. An accomplished piece of storytelling by one of the best younger writers in this country." --Jay Parini, author of Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, "A hugely entertaining book. It's got humor, pathos, gorgeous prose, and its details are arranged with the precision of a jeweler." --Tom Bissell "This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it. It's a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey. It's almost a novel, except that it's 'true.' It's kind-hearted, crazy, and moving. I found myself laughing. I found myself with tears to wipe away. Mostly, I gasped: the prose is so beautiful, with word-clusters that lodge in the memory. An accomplished piece of storytelling by one of the best younger writers in this country." --Jay Parini, author of Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, "Reader, prepare to fall in love: with Gonker, a dog unlike any other I've ever encountered; with the Marshall family, on their quest to find him; and with Pauls Toutonghi's achingly beautiful prose. Dog Gone does more than demonstrate the crucial and undeniable role that dogs--or any pet, for that matter--play in our lives. It illustrates the remarkable resilience of family in times of crisis. If you have ever loved and lost a pet, rest assured. You have found the book to make you whole again. Dog Gone is simply wonderful." --Julie Klam, New York Times bestselling author of Love at First Bark and You Had Me at Woof "A hugely entertaining book. It's got humor, pathos, gorgeous prose, and its details are arranged with the precision of a jeweler." --Tom Bissell, author of Apostle and Extra Lives "This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it. It's a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey. It's almost a novel, except that it's 'true.' It's kind-hearted, crazy, and moving. I found myself laughing. I found myself with tears to wipe away. Mostly, I gasped: the prose is so beautiful, with word-clusters that lodge in the memory. An accomplished piece of storytelling by one of the best younger writers in this country." --Jay Parini, author of Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal "There are so many books and so many dogs in the world, but trust me when I say there are no books like Pauls Toutonghi's magnificent Dog Gone and no dogs like those he brings to life in this tender, weird, sly, erudite tale of longing, loss, and redemption. A page turning adventure story, a meditation on how animals can bring out the best in humans, Dog Gone is the best book I've read in a long time." --Karen Karbo, author of The Stuff of Life and the Kick-Ass Women series, "A hugely entertaining book. It's got humor, pathos, gorgeous prose, and its details are arranged with the precision of a jeweler." --Tom Bissell "This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it. It's a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey. It's almost a novel, except that it's 'true.' It's kind-hearted, crazy, and moving. I found myself laughing. I found myself with tears to wipe away. Mostly, I gasped: the prose is so beautiful, with word-clusters that lodge in the memory. An accomplished piece of storytelling by one of the best younger writers in this country." --Jay Parini, author of Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal "There are so many books and so many dogs in the world, but trust me when I say there are no books like Pauls Toutonghi's magnificent Dog Gone and no dogs like those he brings to life in this tender, weird, sly, erudite tale of longing, loss, and redemption. A page turning adventure story, a meditation on how animals can bring out the best in humans, Dog Gone is the best book I've read in a long time." --Karen Karbo, author of The Stuff of Life and the Kick-Ass Women series

Dewey Decimal636.752/7

SynopsisThe true story of a lost dog's journey and a family's furious search to find him before it is too late. Saturday, October 10, 1998. Fielding Marshall is hiking on the Appalachian Trail. His beloved dog--a six-year-old golden retriever mix named Gonker--bolts into the woods. Just like that, he has vanished. And Gonker has Addison's disease. If he's not found in twenty-three days, he will die. The search begins. Fielding and his father, John, are dispatched to the field. They have the family's other dog, Uli, in tow. Combing the trails, Fielding and his father bond like never before. Fielding's sister, Peyton, calls and talks him through some of his lowest moments. And--at home--Fielding's mother, Virginia, sets up a command center. Virginia becomes a field general. With a map and a phone book at her side, she contacts animal shelters, police precincts, general stores, community centers, newspapers, radio stations, churches, and park rangers. She is tireless. The local paper in Waynesboro, Virginia, writes a small story about the family's search. The story hits the AP newswire. Tips--many of them of questionable authenticity--pour in from across the country. But as the search continues, the Marshalls realize they may not survive losing Gonker. Even as the wounds of their past return to haunt them and threaten to jeopardize everything, they know they have one mission: bring Gonker home. With a big heart, intelligent humor, and a deft touch, Pauls Toutonghi tells this true tale of loss, love, and resilience. Dog Gone is by turns a story about how a family comes together in a crisis--and the way heroism can assert itself in the little things we do each day.

LC Classification NumberPS3620.O92T78 2016