A Dog Walks into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the good life from an unlikely...

Description: In good used condition. Please see the pictures. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give herself and Pransky, her under-occupied Labradoodle, a new leash—er, lease—on life by getting the two of them certified as a therapy dog team. Smart, spirited, and instinctively compassionate, Pransky turned out to be not only a terrific therapist but an unerring moral compass. In the unlikely sounding arena of a public nursing home, she led her teammate into a series of encounters with the residents that revealed depths of warmth, humor, and insight Halpern hadn’t expected. And little by little, their adventures expanded and illuminated Halpern’s sense of what virtue is and does—how acts of kindness transform the giver as well as the given-to....

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Type: Novel

Narrative Type: Fiction

Original Language: English

Genre: Animals & Pets

Intended Audience: Adults

Book Title: A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher

Item Height: 208mm

Item Width: 138mm

Author: Sue Halpern

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Memorials, Dogs

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Publication Year: 2014

Item Weight: 344g

Number of Pages: 320 Pages