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The Speckled Beauty : A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg (2021, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Clean intact pages, no writing. Please view photos.”
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780525658818
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525658815
ISBN-13
9780525658818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13050069947
Product Key Features
Book Title
Speckled Beauty : a Dog and His People
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Topic / Animals, Personal Memoirs, Dogs / General
Genre
Pets, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-043810
Reviews
ONE OF GARDEN & GUN 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "This is a witty, moving love letter to one extraordinary dog--and an ode to the transformative powers of his kind." -- People Magazine [Book of the Week] "This moving book is a literary ode to canine love." -- The Washington Post "Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist Rick Bragg ( The Best Cook in the World ; My Southern Journey) grew out of rural Southern poverty, but the spirit of his storytelling has made him--and legions of readers--rich beyond measure . . . Amid dark days, bright Speck shows up at just the right time. How fortunate for readers that the joy of his presence--enhanced by the wit and wisdom of Bragg's inimitable prose--will resonate far beyond the Bragg homestead." --Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness "If you're a dog lover and want to treat yourself to a beautifully written story that will make your whole self smile, read this memoir by Rick Bragg. His writing is so powerful that it made my heart weep. Savor this book." - Florida Times-Union "I knew from the beginning that I would love The Speckled Beauty , but I did not realize just how much. Once I began this memoir, I did not want to put it down. Though Speck is the center of the story, Bragg's compassionate portraits of his family members made me love them all. As the family grows and changes, so too does Speck, and Bragg creates a profoundly moving tableau." -- Ashley Riggleson, The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star "Bragg has done it again, focusing his lyrical prose on one aspect of his Southern roots while managing to embrace much larger terrain in the process . . . [ The Speckled Beauty ] delights the senses and is as honest as the day is long." --David Holahan, USA Today "Bragg's descriptions are vivid, his use of colorful place names is enchanting, and while the story is Speck's, whenever Bragg turns the camera on himself you find you like and empathize with him a little more each time . . . 'My people think a good story will fix just about anything,' Bragg writes, and in this case it might actually be true." --Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune "Rick Bragg spins his mesmerizing tales of life down South with characteristically wry humor and wisdom . . . The Speckled Beauty takes its place beside Willie Morris' My Dog Skip, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' animal narratives and William Faulkner's dog stories--as well as all those short tales of devoted dogs in Field & Stream--confirming once more Bragg's enduring artfulness and cracking good ability to spin memorable, affectionate tales." --Henry L. Carrigan Jr., BookPage [starred review] "Bragg's story will resonate with dog lovers and with his many fans, who will recognize this book's enjoyably colloquial tone from his monthly essays in Southern Living magazine." --Susan Riley, Library Journal [starred review], "This is a witty, moving love letter to one extraordinary dog--and an ode to the transformative powers of his kind." -- People Magazine [Book of the Week] "This moving book is a literary ode to canine love." -- The Washington Post "Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist Rick Bragg ( The Best Cook in the World ; My Southern Journey) grew out of rural Southern poverty, but the spirit of his storytelling has made him--and legions of readers--rich beyond measure . . . Amid dark days, bright Speck shows up at just the right time. How fortunate for readers that the joy of his presence--enhanced by the wit and wisdom of Bragg's inimitable prose--will resonate far beyond the Bragg homestead." --Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness "If you're a dog lover and want to treat yourself to a beautifully written story that will make your whole self smile, read this memoir by Rick Bragg. His writing is so powerful that it made my heart weep. Savor this book." - Florida Times-Union "Bragg has done it again, focusing his lyrical prose on one aspect of his Southern roots while managing to embrace much larger terrain in the process . . . [ The Speckled Beauty ] delights the senses and is as honest as the day is long." --David Holahan, USA Today "Bragg's descriptions are vivid, his use of colorful place names is enchanting, and while the story is Speck's, whenever Bragg turns the camera on himself you find you like and empathize with him a little more each time . . . 'My people think a good story will fix just about anything,' Bragg writes, and in this case it might actually be true." --Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune "Rick Bragg spins his mesmerizing tales of life down South with characteristically wry humor and wisdom . . . The Speckled Beauty takes its place beside Willie Morris' My Dog Skip, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' animal narratives and William Faulkner's dog stories--as well as all those short tales of devoted dogs in Field & Stream--confirming once more Bragg's enduring artfulness and cracking good ability to spin memorable, affectionate tales." --Henry L. Carrigan Jr., BookPage [starred review] "Bragg's story will resonate with dog lovers and with his many fans, who will recognize this book's enjoyably colloquial tone from his monthly essays in Southern Living magazine." --Susan Riley, Library Journal [starred review], "Bragg has done it again, focusing his lyrical prose on one aspect of his Southern roots while managing to embrace much larger terrain in the process . . . [ The Speckled Beauty ] delights the senses and is as honest as the day is long." --David Holahan, USA Today "Bragg's descriptions are vivid, his use of colorful place names is enchanting, and while the story is Speck's, whenever Bragg turns the camera on himself you find you like and empathize with him a little more each time . . . 'My people think a good story will fix just about anything,' Bragg writes, and in this case it might actually be true." --Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune "Rick Bragg spins his mesmerizing tales of life down South with characteristically wry humor and wisdom . . . The Speckled Beauty takes its place beside Willie Morris' My Dog Skip, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' animal narratives and William Faulkner's dog stories--as well as all those short tales of devoted dogs in Field & Stream--confirming once more Bragg's enduring artfulness and cracking good ability to spin memorable, affectionate tales." --Henry L. Carrigan Jr., BookPage [starred review] "Bragg's story will resonate with dog lovers and with his many fans, who will recognize this book's enjoyably colloquial tone from his monthly essays in Southern Living magazine." --Susan Riley, Library Journal [starred review]
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' , the warmhearted and hilarious story of how his life was transformed by his love for a poorly behaved, half-blind stray dog. Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house, a starved and half-dead creature, seventy-six pounds of wet hair and poor decisions. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty. A cancer diagnosis, chemo, kidney failure, and recurring pneumonia had left Rick lethargic and melancholy. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal., NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' , the warmhearted and hilarious story of how his life was transformed by his love for a poorly behaved, half-blind stray dog. Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house, a starved and half-dead creature, seventy-six pounds of wet hair and poor decisions. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty. A cancer diagnosis, chemo, kidney failure, and recurring pneumonia had left Rick lethargic and melancholy. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal.
LC Classification Number
SF422.82.B73A3 2021
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- h***2 (1530)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAmazingly fast shipping - only 3 days from order to arrival! Condition better than described, and packaged extremely well!
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