Good Dog. Stay. | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Random House
Category: EBooks
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 5159
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5403
ASIN: B000W94G3Q
Publication Date: November 20, 2007
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Product Description
“The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed,” writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beau’s, and on the lessons she’s learned by watching him: to roll with the punches, to take things as they come, to measure herself not in terms of the past or the future but of the present, to raise her nose in the air from time to time and, at least metaphorically, holler, “I smell bacon!”
Of the dog that once possessed a catcher’s mitt of a mouth, Quindlen reminisces, “there came a time when a scrap thrown in his direction usually bounced unseen off his head. Yet put a pork roast in the oven, and the guy still breathed as audibly as an obscene caller. The eyes and ears may have gone, but the nose was eternal. And the tail. The tail still wagged, albeit at half-staff. When it stops, I thought more than once, then we’ll know.”
Heartening and bittersweet, Good Dog. Stay. honors the life of a cherished and loyal friend and offers us a valuable lesson on our four-legged family members: Sometimes an old dog can teach us new tricks.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 A Little Gem October 12, 2008
Anna Quindlen is a superb writer and she's done it again with "Good Dog. Stay". Ms. Quindlen is my kind of dog-lover: no gushing, no illusions that this wonderful creature has human feelings, and no compulsion to dress him up in silly clothes. Just respect for what he is: loyal, predictable (usually), goofy, and sweet. I get the title completely - I have an elderly dog (one of several in a long line over my lifetime); I'm crazy about him, and I so want him to "stay", but I recognize that there comes a time where it's about them and not you, and that's when you have to say goodbye. The book is tiny, just like other reviewers have mentioned, (I read the entire thing while eating a sandwich) and I would have preferred it to be longer also, but nevertheless, it's a little gem.
 Sweet, but needs more details September 6, 2008
I liked this short book, but felt that more details would have been nice. My favorite dog book is Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog.That book went into such detail and it did not leave you hanging and wanting more.
 Insult to Readers and Dog Lovers alike !!!!! August 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To even call this a book is an unimaginable stretch.
I love dogs and thoroughly enjoy reading almost any book having to do with them and their exploits.
This "Book??" is 83 tiny pages composed of 53 pages of photos of various dogs...cute... and 30 miniature pages of Fluff. And all this from a supposed #1 selling New York Times Bestselling Author!!!!!..And all for ONLY $14.95!!!!
When was the last time you paid $.50 per page for this kind of exploitation?
Anna Quindlen ought to be ashamed of herself
I do not like dog books ~ but I love my dog! August 1, 2008
It's true - I must admit: I just don't like books about animals. Until I read this one! This is a sweet, short honest book about the love of a dog. It's not necessarily about sweet Beau (though really it is), but about how Beau completes a family. And very nice touches about how it completes a woman! A wonderful read that can be read in one sitting - on the sofa with your own Beau sitting beside you. Enjoy.
Good Dog. Stay May 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Short and oh so sweet!
Yes this is more of an essay than a full blown novel, but the writing is worth every dime. There are so many phrases in the book that I read and re-read. Spend the money and keep this book for revisiting over and over.
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