Love Like a Dog

By Anne Calcagno

Book Overview

An abandoned pit bull puppy brings Dirk closer to his father-until their shared love of the breed exposes the distance between them.

Growing up in Chicago with an embittered single father, Dirk longs for the family he lost when his mother left him behind. Then Bull's Eye enters his life, bringing precious companionship, purpose, and a sense of belonging. Through training and competition, Dirk and his father, Russ, begin to forge a bond of their own. And when dog-loving Nellie enters their lives, bringing warmth and stability with her, Dirk starts to believe he finally has a family.

But when Russ begins seeing pitties not as companions, but as a path to money, power, and prestige, Dirk must confront a painful truth: protecting the dogs he loves may mean betraying his own father. As Russ crosses lines Dirk can no longer ignore, Dirk must decide whether becoming his own man means rejecting his father's idea of what a man should be.

To save those who cannot save themselves, Dirk may have to choose a path his father never could.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452834989
• ISBN13: 9781452834986
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"