Marley & Me

The World's Worst Dog will Bring Out the Best in Their Family
By John Grogan
5 CD - New - Abridged - Approx. 6 hours
Hartper Audio - November, 2008
ISBN - 10: 0061754869
ISBN - 13: 978-0061754869
 

John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.
Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever, a dog like no other. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, flung drool on guests, stole women's undergarments, and ate nearly everything he could get his mouth around, including couches and fine jewelry. Obedience school did no good—Marley was expelled. Neither did the tranquilizers the veterinarian prescribed for him with the admonishment, "Don't hesitate to use these."
And yet Marley's heart was pure. Just as he joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. Marley shared the couple's joy at their first pregnancy, and their heartbreak over the miscarriage. He was there when babies finally arrived and when the screams of a seventeen-year-old stabbing victim pierced the night. Marley shut down a public beach and managed to land a role in a feature-length movie, always winning hearts as he made a mess of things. Through it all, he remained steadfast, a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.
Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.

 
John Grogan was born in the Motor City—Detroit, Michigan—on March 20, 1957. His very Catholic parents were hoping for a St. Patrick's Day baby. Then for a St. Joseph’s Day baby.  Instead, he arrived on the first day of spring, the youngest of four. Not long after, his family moved from the city to the sleepy village of Orchard Lake, Michigan. His neighborhood was called Harbor Hills, and it is the setting for much of his new memoir, The Longest Trip Home.
 
 

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