Drinking with Miss Dutchie, Ed Breslin
Drinking with Miss Dutchie, Ed Breslin
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Drinking with Miss Dutchie
A Memoir

Author: Ed Breslin

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2011

Synopsis

When Ed Breslin bought a new dog, Miss Dutchie, he wasn’t expecting his beloved pet to help him beat alcoholism. But caring for Miss Dutchie completely transformed Ed’s outlook on life.The unconditional love Miss Dutchie and Ed shared was a crucial incentive to overcoming his devastating addiction, and this moving story speaks to anyone who has ever loved a dog or battled their own personal demons.

About Ed Breslin

Ed Breslin (a.k.a. E. B. Cross) is a former editor and publisher who spent two decades in the book business. He now writes and edits full time. He lives with his wife in New York City and in the Hudson River Valley.

About Grover Gardner

Alexander Adams is a pseudonym for narrator Grover Gardner. His most high-profile book to date is the unabridged novelization of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, recorded in a joint effort by BOT and Random House under the Adams moniker. He lives in Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 27, 2014

A heart-wrenching, thought-provoking book, "Drinking with Miss Dutchie" is not so much about a dog. At least that's not what it seemed to me. I see some other reviewers here describing it as a story about a dog and that you have to be a dog-lover to enjoy the book. For me, nothing could be further f......more

Goodreads review by Kim on May 01, 2011

April 4, 2011: I'm on about page 80 toda. So far, I like it. As with Dewey the Library Cat, it's also about Ed's life and his personal struggles. I like where I think it's headed: How a pet can make all the difference in our outlook on life. With the help of a beloved pet, we can improve ourselves. M......more

Goodreads review by Mike on April 08, 2021

2 stars for me, but if someone were truly a dog fanatic and had any experience with alcohol or drug addiction, personally or with family/friends, I suspect they would find the book very enjoyable.......more

Quotes

“She ‘taught me more about life than any teacher I ever had,’ Breslin writes, ‘and she never said a word.’ Breslin is just the man to find those words. Grover Gardner narrates with the consummate skill of an AudioFile Golden Voice.” AudioFile

“A sweet, sad tribute to that purest of all relationships.” Los Angeles Times

“A Labrador retriever taught Breslin more about life than any teacher had…His hymn to Miss Dutchie is heartwarming and heartbreaking.” Booklist

“Dutchie is as clearly drawn as any literary figure, and Breslin’s love and gratitude toward her are palpable.” Library Journal

“Breslin writes intensely and emotionally about psychic pain, grief, and the loss of friends and dogs.” Publishers Weekly

“A moving story of love, death, and recovery.” Kirkus Reviews

“So pleasurable to read that it almost overcomes the underlying pain and loss at its heart.” Robert Stone, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the National Book Award

“Half elegy, half life lessons, Breslin’s book eulogizes a great-hearted Labrador retriever who taught her master the joy of living.” Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way

“An intense book, a real page turner, one of the best and also one of the most unusual, celebrating the human-animal bond. It’s the kind of book that one remembers for a very long time.” Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

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