Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish
 

Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish

by Mark R. Levin

A STUNNINGLY INTIMATE LOOK AT THE LOVE BETWEEN A FAMILY AND A DOG WHICH MOVINGLY SHOWS THAT "IN THE END, WE HUMANS ARE THE LUCKY ONES."
Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. In 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi into their lives. Six... (read more)

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Wendy Watts
  • Rated 5 stars

My heart grew three times bigger by reading this book, an excellent read, it makes you swell with pride, laugh out loud and cry a lot.

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basykes
  • Rated 1 stars

Call me a curmudgeon, but I didn't like this book. I mean--what's not to like? It's about an abandoned dog who is rescued and adopted and the dog eventually dies. It has all the elements I would normally love - animals, pathos, tear-jerking finales.

But Mark R. Levin (radio talk show host and author of the best-selling book, "Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America") gives it all the warmth of a book about the Supreme Court. "Marley" tells the same story, but John...

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  • Rated 3.508772 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Michaela S

    michaela s said:

    Same thing with the other dog book - I am afraid it will be too sad but am waiting for just the right mood to strike me to read it.

    posted Sunday, May 18 2008
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