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 enlarge | Author: John Grogan
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0340922095
EAN: 9780340922095
ASIN: 0340922095
Publication Date: June 29, 2006
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 Love Conquers All ! October 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every dog owner has had bad moments. Perhaps your beloved pet snapped at a baby. Or ripped up the wallpaper in the living room. Or teethed on an expensive shoe. Or ran in front of a car and was injured.
Well, nothing you experienced will probably approach the virtually non-step disasters that the loopy Marley brought to Grogan family. Unless you've also known a mentally imbalanced Labrador, Marley will make you count your blessings about your luck as a dog owner and lover.
Mr. Grogan and his wife had each had good experiences with childhood dogs. They were unsuspecting when they went to buy the cute purebred Labrador puppy that Mr. Grogan dreamed of showing. There was one little hint: The sire raced by them on the first visit in a particularly bizarre way. Well, the son was a true heir to that behavior.
I won't go into all of Marley's problems . . . but he had almost all of the bad habits a dog can have except for eating his own stool. To compensate for that one point of relief, Marley developed a taste for chicken droppings late in life.
It wasn't unusual to have to rebuild rooms, replace screens in doors, buy new furniture and drag valuable items out of his throat.
Even on tranquilizers a thunderstorm was a terrible trauma for poor Marley.
The remarkable thing is that the Grogans' love for Marley surmounted the inconveniences of living with Marley. As you read about their remarkable patience, you'll be reminded on many moments when your patience was also tried . . . and you'll relive the happy times in your life with dogs.
The book covers Marley's entire life . . . and the changes that occurred in the Grogans' lives because of Marley.
Mr. Grogan is an exceptional writer, and he makes all of his episodes fun to read. I'm sure they were much less fun to experience. But he keeps it as light as he can.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that Mr. Grogan was the one member of the family most attached to Marley.
By the way, let me clear up one mystery: Marley was named for Bob Marley, after the Grogans couldn't agree on a more traditional name, due to their affection for the late singer's music.
Even if you don't think you'll like this book, read it anyway. I cannot recall a more charming book about dogs in the last decade.
Wonderful August 21, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have had dogs all my life so hearing about this particular book i could not wait to read it.I read it in 2 days it was wonderful, brillant writing
and made me cry so much and laugh everyone thought i was crazy. Best book i have ever read I wish there were more out there like this.
 Sickening... August 14, 2007
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
So many people have praised this book, yet you don't even have to read between the lines to realise it continuously justifies animal abuse. Why can so few people see it?
If it was written as an apology and to implore people to treat animals kindly, it might have had a worthwhile message, but that's not the case.
Poor devoted Marley. Dogs are renowned to show love and loyalty even to those who abuse them but that doesn't mean it's OK to abuse them for any reason. It shows that dogs (and other animals) have wonderful qualities that most humans don't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever achieving.
The author must accept full responsibility for justifying animal abuse to at least three million readers and any suffering meted out to animals as a result.
I tore it up and threw it in the recycling - the only good use I could think of for it.
Sickening... August 14, 2007
6 out of 23 found this review helpful
So many people have praised this book, yet you don't even have to read between the lines to realise it continuously justifies animal abuse. Why can so few people see it?
If it was written as an apology and to implore people to treat animals kindly, it might have had a worthwhile message, but that's not the case.
Poor devoted Marley. Dogs are renowned to show love and loyalty even to those who abuse them but that doesn't mean it's OK to abuse them for any reason. It shows that dogs (and other animals) have wonderful qualities that most humans don't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever achieving.
The author must accept full responsibility for justifying animal abuse to at least three million readers and any suffering meted out to animals as a result.
I tore it up and threw it in the recycling - the only good use I could think of for it.
Wonderfully written and laugh out loud funny throughout August 6, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sometimes someone, maybe a friend or colleague that knows you love to read, shoves a book into your hand exclaiming: 'you must read this!'
Which is exactly how I came to be in the possession of a book about one man's life during the entire lifetime of his pet Labrador: 'Marley and Me'.
I have to admit the premise didn't really appeal, especially being allergic to animals and not spending much time with them. But I love being recommended books and plucked it from my crowded bookshelf just a few days ago. I closed the tear stained last page, yesterday afternoon.
There are probably a whole bunch of words I could use to describe how this story affected me but I will restrict it to one sentence. The story is charming, beautiful, about life, family, your place in this world, about what is important, and all because of one loopy Labrador.
Pros: Wonderful, laugh out loud funny throughout, understated and all the more remarkable for it.
Cons: You will need a box of Kleenex close to hand for at least the last forty pages.
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