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| Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark R. Levin
Publisher: Pocket Books
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  352 reviews
Sales Rank: 937
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 1416559132
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70929
EAN: 9781416559139
ASIN: 1416559132
Publication Date: November 6, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
GREAT DOG STORY July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr. Levin has written a touching book about his adopted buddy, Sprite. Anyone who owns a dog or is considering the leap should read this heart-warming account---keep the Kleenex close by.
Highly recommended.
 Very Contrived! July 24, 2008
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
I found this book very poorly written, rambling and contrived. I am a dog lover and have had several pets over the years that have caused me great sadness and pain upon their loss. Marley and Me was a "novel" and beautifully written work. I see this book as a an attempt to duplicate the success received by Marley and Me but it comes up wait short! Pets are wonderful and if only many of them could live longer--their love is unconditional and that is well stated in the book. I just felt that the author seemed in many places to be talking more about himself than about the saga of the dog.
 Excellent book July 17, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read this book in one sitting and could not put it down. Of course dog lovers (like me) will love this book, however, I also gave it to my wife to read (who is not a dog lover) to give her insight on why I am so emotionally attached to my dogs. I think Levine is an excellent writer (even though I disagree with EVERY aspect of his politics) and I would highly recommend this book. I think this book can be especially cathartic to anyone who recently has lost a pet.
 I couldn't give this book away. July 7, 2008
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this book to read on a trip. The first few chapters were brutal: I was in tears, and couldn't even look up at the stewardess as she passed by with pretzels and drinks. I read on. By the time I was finished, I decided the book was not going to remain in my library: TOO DEPRESSING, TOO HOPELESS, TOO MEANINGLESS. I am a dog lover. Yes, I laughed and cried through " Marley and Me" -- but LIFE WENT ON. Since the book got such good ratings from other readers, I decided it must just be ME. When I arrived at the airport of my destination, I found a couple with a dog! I ran up to them, got my "dog fix", and then offered them the book. The husband said, "Don't give me that book! It's depressing!! I don't want it!!!!" So I was forced to leave it at the hotel with the Gideon Bible. Whoever finds the book and gets through it may find the Bible helpful in their hour of need.
I just didn't care for it July 5, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I just didn't care for this book. I received this book as a christmas gift. I work at a dog daycare, so it is safe to say that I really love dogs. However, I did not feel connected to the dog in this book at all. The author wrote about his dogs as though they were saints. Come on, we love our animals, but they are not perfect. It's all those little quirks that make them memorable and special. In addition to the lack of character description, I felt like Levin's writing was poor. The sentences were constantly short and unnecessary. So much of his diction and descriptions added nothing to the story. This novel was not worth sharing or reading. Now don't get me wrong, any time an animal dies it is heartbreaking. To this day I can not think of my sweet Norman and not shed a tear, but this book was just not a proper tribute to a dog that supposedly touched this man's life.
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