Penny, Hal Borland
Penny, Hal Borland
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Penny
The Story of a Free-Soul Basset Hound

Author: Hal Borland

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/15/2024


Synopsis

"Some dogs, like some people, just can't abide a quiet life," writes the author of the national bestseller, The Dog Who Came to Stay, in this warm and touching memoir.

Penny the basset shows up at the Borlands' Connecticut farmhouse on a cold, snowy day—head held high, tail wagging, as if she were a long-awaited guest. Hal and Barbara Borland were no strangers to strays. Pat, the rabbit hound thousands of people came to know in The Dog Who Came to Stay, had also appeared one winter, staying to become the family's dear companion. Now, Pat is gone, and Hal and Barbara are bereft without canine company. They fall in love with Penny—and she seems to fit right in.

Penny is a delightful dog—short-legged, flop-eared, full of fun and curiosity. And she loves people, so much so that she leaves the Borlands to go visiting elsewhere, often settling in with a different family for days on end. Indeed, Hal and Barbara admire her for her spirit of individuality and independence.

Though she never truly belonged to them, the Borlands agreed that Penny was a dog well worth loving—and so will listeners.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 13, 2021

One day a nice-looking, well-mannered basset hound shows up at Hal and Barbara Borland's Connecticut farmhouse and makes herself at home. The Borlands name her Penny but soon learn that the dog lives elsewhere and is named Pokey. Pokey-Penny (as Hal calls her) is brought back to her original family......more

Goodreads review by Jessaka on February 15, 2020

Penny, A Free Soul Dog by Hal A Free-Range Bassett Hound I have always liked the idea of a dog being allowed to roam. They could visit your neighbors and go downtown to visit the merchants, go swim in someone’s pool, or the city pool, go to river if you have one, and so on. But dogs, unlike people, a......more

Goodreads review by Bill on July 07, 2016

Have you ever owned a dog with a mind all her own? A dog that loves to be with you but loves to explore, wander, and have you pick her up a few miles away? We found one of our Labs when I was kid swimming at a nearby pond. He was swimming too, and he seemed to like us and wanted to be with us. We too......more

Goodreads review by Lis on August 05, 2016

Previously, Hal Borland told us the story of Pat, The Dog Who Came to Stay. Penny is more, "the dog who came to visit." Hal and his wife Barbara are outside their home in Connecticut in a still cold and snowy late winter when a basset hound neither of them knows turns up. She comes and goes, and then......more

Goodreads review by Steven on March 09, 2018

Picked this one up on kindle because of the picture of the beautiful basset hound on the cover. This one left me a little bit flat, though. Hounds are, and have always been, my favorite. I was the former owner of a beautiful female basset hound that left too soon. Basset's are my favorite of all the......more