Summary:
David
Rosenfelt's loyal readers of the Andy Carpenter series are familiar with Tara,
the golden retriever sidekick. Many also got to know Tara from Dogtripping, David's nonfiction
book about becoming a slightly nutty dog rescuer and the dog that started it
all. Here, finally, is a book all about the inspirational canine who taught
David everything he knows. Well, he did know how to tie his shoes before he met
and came to love Tara, but that's about it.
Through Tara, David learned about dating, about being able to share his
emotions, and also about everyday stuff like who gets to use the pillow if
several dogs are sleeping in your bed (clue: It's not the human) and why random
barking will never be something that can be eliminated. Lessons From Tarais infused
with David's trademark wry and self-deprecating sense of humor, and will move
readers to tears and laughter.
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About the Author:
I am a novelist with 27 dogs.
I have gotten to this dubious
position with absolutely no planning, and at no stage in my life could I have
predicted it. But here I am.
My childhood was relentlessly
normal. The middle of three brothers, loving parents, a middle-class home in
Paterson, New Jersey. We played sports, studied sporadically, laughed around
the dinner table, and generally had a good time. By comparison, “Ozzie and
Harriet’s” clan seemed bizarre.
I graduated NYU, then decided to
go into the movie business. I was stunningly brilliant at a job interview with
my uncle, who was President of United Artists, and was immediately hired. It
set me off on a climb up the executive ladder, culminating in my becoming
President of Marketing for Tri-Star Pictures. The movie landscape is filled
with the movies I buried; for every “Rambo”, “The Natural” and “Rocky”, there
are countless disasters.
I did manage to find the time to
marry and have two children, both of whom are doing very well, and fortunately
neither have inherited my eccentricities.
A number of years ago, I left the
movie marketing business, to the sustained applause of hundreds of disgruntled
producers and directors. I decided to try my hand at writing. I wrote and sold
a bunch of feature films, none of which ever came close to being actually
filmed, and then a bunch of TV movies, some of which actually made it to the
small screen. It’s safe to say that their impact on the American cultural scene
has been minimal.
About fourteen years ago, my wife
and I started the Tara Foundation, named in honor of the greatest Golden
Retriever the world has ever known. We rescued almost 4,000 dogs, many of them
Goldens, and found them loving homes. Our own home quickly became a sanctuary
for those dogs that we rescued that were too old or sickly to be wanted by
others. They surround me as I write this. It’s total lunacy, but it works, and
they are a happy, safe group.
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