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Reviewer:
Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258
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April 2, 2014
A Very
Unusual Boy – And – His – Dog Story
A Review of
W.
Bruce Cameron A Dog’s Purpose (NY: Tom
Doherty Assocs., 2010)
314 pp ISBN: 978-0-7653-2626-3
Reviewed
by: Forrest W. Schultz
Stories of a boy and his dog have always
been among my favorites. One of the best
of these I have ever read – and the most unusual – is Bruce Cameron’s. The title is well chosen because this is a
story of a dog telling us how he found his purpose in life. Or, perhaps I should say, “lives”, because
this dog had to live several lives before he learned and achieved his purpose.
This story is the best one I have ever
read showing how things look from a dog’s perspective. As this dog narrates his experiences we find
ourselves empathizing with him. The
experiences range all the way from the mundane to the poignant to the
humorous. The story is so captivating
and so well written that it is difficult to put down. I highly recommend it.
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