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

A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life.

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 leashâ€”er, leaseâ€”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 hadnâ€™t expected. And little by little, their adventures expanded and illuminated Halpernâ€™s sense of what virtue is and doesâ€”how acts of kindness transform the giver as well as the given-to.

Funny, moving, and profound, A Dog Walks into a Nursing Home is the story of how one faithful, charitable, loving, and sometimes prudent muttâ€”showing great hope, fortitude, and restraint along the way (the occasional begged or stolen treat notwithstanding)â€”taught a well-meaning woman the true nature and pleasures of the good life.
Country USA
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-05-16
Format Kindle eBook

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