The speckled beauty : a dog and his people / Rick Bragg.
"A memoir and elegy to the author's deceased dog, The Speckled Beauty"-- Provided by publisher.
"Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and a screen-door muncher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man, picking up livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty, as he stared down a litany of physical ailments straight from the Old Testament, and a creeping sadness from deaths in his great family. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Rick Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal." -- From book jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525658818
- ISBN: 0525658815
- Physical Description: x, 238 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi Book" -- Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Bragg, Rick. Dog owners > Biography. Dogs > Biography. Human-animal relationships. Pet loss. |
Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
Available copies
- 32 of 32 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 32 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | 636.7 BRAGG (Text) | 50686016091352 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 636.70092 BRA (Text) | 33240004953108 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Annie Halenbake Ross Library | B Bra (Text)
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00159821 | New Adult | Available | - |
Bedford County Library | B BRAGG (Text) | 35010001088325 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 636.7 B813s (Text) | 85131001796094 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Coudersport Public Library | 636.7 BRA (Text) | 30183000965804 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Dalton Community Library | 636.7 BRAGG (Text) | 50689010447703 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Dalton Community Library | 636.70092 BRAGG (Text) | 50689090005777 | Browsing | Available | - |
Dover Area Community Library | Adults 636.7 BRA Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000880344 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | 636.7 BRAG (Text) | 36446002047838 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |