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    The Dog Who Saved Me: A Novel
    The Dog Who Saved Me: A Novel
    The Dog Who Saved Me: A Novel
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    The Dog Who Saved Me: A Novel

    Written by Susan Wilson

    Narrated by Fred Berman

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    In Susan Wilson's The Dog Who Saved Me, former Boston K-9 unit policeman turned animal control officer in bucolic Harmony Farms is up against rescuing a gun shy and wounded dog gone feral, and proving that his low-life older brother is back in the drug business.

    Boston police officer Cooper Harrison never thought he'd go back to his hometown, Harmony Farms. But when his faithful K-9 partner Argos is killed in the line of duty, Cooper, caught in a spiral of trauma and grief, has nowhere else to turn. Jobless and on the verge of divorce, he accepts a offer for the position of dog officer in Harmony Farms, leaving the life he spent twenty years building behind.

    And so he finds himself back where he started. Where his father was once known as the town drunk and his brother outgrew juvenile delinquency to become a drug dealer. Where he grew up as 'one of those' Harrisons. Cooper does his job with deliberate detachment, refusing to get emotionally invested in another dog the way he had with Argos-until he finds himself rescuing a wounded and gun-shy yellow lab gone feral.

    Cooper never thought he'd find himself going back in order to move forward, and yet Harmony Farms is the one place where Cooper must learn to forgive and, only then, heal. All with the help of a yellow dog.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 24, 2015
    ISBN9781427244055
    The Dog Who Saved Me: A Novel
    Author

    Susan Wilson

    Susan Wilson is the bestselling author of several books including One Good Dog, Cameo Lake and Beauty, a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast, which was made into a CBS-TV movie. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard.

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    • 4/5
      Cooper has a great K-9 partner. They trust each other and have each other's backs. One day during a bust everything seems to go wrong. Cooper is distraught over what happened that day and makes a change in his life. He goes back to his hometown to be a dog catcher. Doesn't sound like a fun job, but maybe it will give him time to heal. The saying goes , "You can never go home again " may hold true for Cooper. He has a lot of past hurts that need to be healed and a relationship that is long overdue for repairing. Can Cooper find peace back in his hometown? Will he let his heart heal? The author has written a very emotional story that delivers a beautiful bond between man and dog. It is sad in some parts but overall a great story that gives you a sense of hope and love. Is dog man's best friend? I encourage readers to take time to read this riveting story of a broken and hurting man and how a stray dog brings him hope and happiness. I received a copy of this book from The GoodReads Free Giveaway for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      Cooper Harrison was a member of Boston’s elite K-9 unit, until his canine partner, Argos, was killed in a bomb blast. Now Coop has returned to his small home town of Harmony Farms as the animal control officer (i.e. dog catcher). He suffers from PTSD and mostly keeps to himself. When he spots an obviously wounded and emaciated yellow dog, he decides to try to capture it. He gets help and advice from Max, the local veterinarian, as well as from Natalie, the owner of a horse rescue farm. Though I am not really an animal lover or a “dog person,” I have read a few of Wilson’s books and found them interesting and engaging. This is somewhat formulaic, but the lead characters are likeable and their back stories interesting enough to hold my attention. Coop’s situation is complicated by a troubled family background; his father is an alcoholic and his older brother a recently released ex-con drug dealer. Wilson uses flashback technique to give the reader insight into Coop’s childhood and the events that led to his Argo’s death. It’s a fast, quick read, that satisfied several challenges.
    • 4/5
      A heartwarming book that will make you both happy and sad. It will warm your heart and you will be happy you read it. There is hope within the pages and a story that I felt very personally connected to. I have to say that this book was one that just made me feel. And sometimes that it what a books needs to make you do, feel and be in the story and not focused on the day to day stresses. 4 stars
    • 5/5
      Superlative storyteller Susan Wilson tells a compelling, poignant, and ultimately uplifting tale in "The Dog Who Saved Me". While the story does not flinch away from abuse, hardships, and tragedy, it also celebrates survivorship and the triumph of the spirit, both human and animal. At the heart of it all is an extremely well-written, well-paced police story. Cooper Harrison thought he had left his troubled youth behind when he moved from small-town Harmony Farms to become an officer in a Boston K-9 unit. Unable to overcome his grief when beloved canine partner Argos is killed in a bombing incident, Cooper tries to drink away his sorrow and come to grips with the physical limitations of his own injuries. When his marriage and career come to an end, a call from an old friend, now the police chief of Harmony Farms, offers Cooper a chance to start over. He never imagined he would end up as the Animal Control Officer back in his home town, but that's just where he lands. Now he has to face his father, Bull, known as the town drunk, and his older brother, Jimmy, fresh out of prison after serving time on drug charges. Cooper's work as an animal control officer is vastly different from his duties as K-9 unit officer. He's now a lawman, a handyman, a counselor, a psychologist--both for humans and animals, and he's a tracker, a super-sleuth, and much, much more. Along the way he begins a romance with lovely woman, Natalie, who rescues and rehabs horses and has her own set of emotional issues. Linking all of these people together, in ways never anticipated, is a yellow dog. Not just any dog, but a purebred yellow Lab, a victim of abuse, and a survivor of severe hardship. It will take all of Cooper's skill, intelligence, and innate compassion to capture and revitalize this dog, but eventually dog and man will offer to each other the gift of hope. The characters are beautifully-layered and shaded--definitely beyond stereotypes--and you may find yourself rethinking some of your own relationships with others. The storyline is so involving that it will keep you intrigued until the last page is turned, and you will be thinking about all you've read far beyond "The End". With "The Dog Who Saved Me" author Susan Wilson reminds us that while some people are habitually rotten, beneath the crust of the crustiest humans there beats a heart, and above that heart is brain with a surprising variety and depth of thoughts. A highly recommended read from a very gifted author.Book Copy Gratis Amazon Vine
    • 5/5
      Cooper Harrison was an officer with Boston’s K9 unit until the day his K9 partner, Argos, is killed in the line of duty. Devastated by Argos’ death, he can’t move on from the grief and ends up losing his job and his wife. When a childhood friend calls and offers him a job as an animal control officer in their rural hometown, he doesn’t really jump at the chance to start over; because the town has too many memories that Cooper would just as soon forget. There are bad memories of his dad being the town drunk, and his mean low life older brother who is a thief and drug dealer serving time. But without another option, Cooper reluctantly moves back home and is determined to be all business with the animals he comes in contact with; especially one scared and wounded dog he’s been tracking down. This is a page turner of a novel and I loved every page of it. All the characters are memorable, and the ending doesn’t disappoint. I liked how the author wove Coopers back story, and the dogs’ back story into the chapters. I’m recommending this 5 star novel to all my friends who have rescued dogs, who love animals and those who enjoy mysteries.
    • 1/5
      I really really wanted to love this book. I was very looking forward to reading it. Such a dog fan and I love me a good dog story. Yet, I was instantly bored and it did not take me long to give up on this book. The story line and characters were uninteresting. The dog was even unmemorable. If you can take a story and make the dog even unmemorable that is just sad. I thought it might have been my mood and so I came back to the book for another try. I picked it up and started to read a random section in the middle and it was not my mood.
    • 5/5
      I have loved every single book I have read by Susan Wilson....but.....the ending....yes, it was "okay" but somehow, I wanted just a little more personal compassion from the main character---Cooper, for this wonderful dog---along the way in the book so that the ending of "misty-eyed" would have happened for the DOG much earlier. Couldn't the dog ultimately love two people??