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Though Capt. Montalvan gives all the heartwarming details about life with Tuesday that dog people will melt over, he also gives an honest, matter-of-fact lesson in what it feels like to come home from war wounded in body and mind. I'm glad he has Tuesday for his service dog, whom I think he is entitled to take everywhere he goes. The story of how he couldn't get on a bus makes me want to beat someone up. "Until Tuesday" is an inspiring and engrossing read.
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Sarah Waters' poignant story of lovers and heartbreakers in WWII London actually starts after the war and works its way backwards in time. This is a big change from her Victorian melodramas (and I don't mean that in a negative way), but it's just as juicy and it does still leave a lump in your throat.
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Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalvan
picardy_rose, September 1, 2011
Though Capt. Montalvan gives all the heartwarming details about life with Tuesday that dog people will melt over, he also gives an honest, matter-of-fact lesson in what it feels like to come home from war wounded in body and mind. I'm glad he has Tuesday for his service dog, whom I think he is entitled to take everywhere he goes. The story of how he couldn't get on a bus makes me want to beat someone up. "Until Tuesday" is an inspiring and engrossing read.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
picardy_rose, October 6, 2006
Sarah Waters' poignant story of lovers and heartbreakers in WWII London actually starts after the war and works its way backwards in time. This is a big change from her Victorian melodramas (and I don't mean that in a negative way), but it's just as juicy and it does still leave a lump in your throat.(10 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
picardy_rose, October 1, 2006
This is a flawless novel, and I had NO idea it was intended for children. I loved it.(18 of 33 readers found this comment helpful)