I am, so pleased to feature this book today - Rescue dogs are dear to my heart having just had to send my beloved Bouncer over the Rainbow Bridge, I am now hoping to adopt another dog and feel again the love and joy only a dog can bring.
Book Description:
Every rescue dog has a tale to tell, a story
uniquely their own. A Place to Call Home
is Toby’s tale. His story takes you on a journey across the country from
California to Connecticut and across the spectrum of life’s emotional and
spiritual experience.
Born on a small farm in northern California, Toby
narrowly escapes the death sentence imposed on him by his breeder. Through a
series of events driven by good intentions, he finds himself in a Connecticut
suburb where life with his new family soon collapses on him, and his newfound
happiness is brutally destroyed.
On his quest to find a place to call home, Toby
encounters and endures the best and worst of humanity as he comes face to face
with sorrow and joy, fear and courage, and ultimately, with the power of love.
Based on a true story, A Place to Call Home is a young adult novel for dog lovers of all
ages.
Excerpt
This excerpt is a scene from one of Toby’s dream sequences:
This excerpt is a scene from one of Toby’s dream sequences:
Was this another dream? Who would visit him in this dream?
As if in answer to his question, a large pack of wolves and dogs
slowly materialized out of the enshrouding gray and one-by-one encircled him.
The snow stopped falling. All was still and quiet.
A long, wailing howl pierced the silence.
Followed by another.
Then another.
After a few moments, a chorus of howls erupted from the group that
now surrounded Toby. A primordial urge rose within him. He stood up and shook
off the light layer of snow that had accumulated on his fur. The urge grew
stronger, more compelling, until he realized his own voice had joined the
others. The multitude of voices became one as they howled on and on, until the
cry reached its crescendo and abruptly ended, leaving an echoing silence around
them once again.
A large, white figure approached Toby.
“Welcome to our pack, Toby.” The figure turned, and with a nod of
his head, indicated the others. He turned back to Toby. “How did you come to be
here?”
Toby
tried to find his voice, but the howl still reverberated in his throat. When he
finally spoke, his reply was weak and raspy. “I don’t know. I don’t even know
where here is.” He hesitated, and then asked, “How do you know my name?”
“My name is Strider, Toby. I am your grandfather.”
Strider! The memory of lying with Tara next to his mother as she
told them the story of Sadie and Strider came flooding back to him and he felt
a warmth of emotion flow through his body.
“Where is this place? How did I get here?” Toby asked.
Strider paused in thought for a moment, and then replied, “This
land is a different place for different creatures, yet it is the same place for
all creatures. For us,” Strider swept his large head around him, “this is the
place we call home.”
Book Genre: Middle-grade/Young Adult
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Buy Link(s): Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IX32I2Y
Barnes & Noble:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-place-to-call-home-g-a-whitmore/1118719475?ean=9781478700739
Author Bio:
Ms. Whitmore’s passion for writing and her love of dogs come together in her series The Rescue Dog Tales. The first book in the series, A Place to Call Home, is based on the true story of Toby, an abused dog she adopted from the Connecticut Humane Society. Ms. Whitmore currently lives in Connecticut with her rescue dog Kadee.
Website: http://gawhitmore.com
Twitter: @gawhitmore
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