Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale FROM THE PUBLISHER
It's a love story. A story of salvation. And a rags-to-riches story about a dog-yes, a dog-who launched Three Dog Bakery, the burgeoning international retail chain with 31 stores and counting. There is Dan, trapped in a dead-end job and grieving the loss of his pet of eighteen years. And there is Gracie, a deaf and partially blind albino Great Dane with a delicate constitution and penchant for small miracles. In the middle of a bitter Kansas City winter, Dan would save the loneliest pup in the litter, Gracie. And over the next ten years, Gracie would save Dan-helping him learn the meaning of happiness.
A moving, funny, inspirational tale, AMAZING GRACIE is a dog-lover's treat. There is the moment of meeting-Gracie getting to her feet like a clumsy foal and nuzzling Dan's nose. The first day in a new house-Dan's roommate and business partner Mark calling the police thinking a burglar was trapped in the back room. Gracie's romance with her next-door neighbor, a Boston Terrier named Byron. And the eureka moment-born of necessity (Gracie's anorexia-producing dislike for commercial dog food), Dan teaches himself how to cook, and within three days is baking her the cookies that will transform their lives. Though several more years would pass before The WallStreet Journal discovered Three Dog Bakery, Oprah ate one of their dog cookies on national television, and Gracie and the gang appeared on Conan O'Brien, the germ of their success was right there-in this heartfelt relationship of a man and a dog.
FROM THE CRITICS
Carol Memmott - USA Today
Is there any dog that can melt the heart of a true dog lover more than one with physical disabilities? Tears will stain the pages as you read about Gracie, the deaf, partly bind albino Great Dane puppy/child of the co-founders of Three Dog Bakery in Kansas City. Indeed, the bakery's start-up can be credited to poor Gracie, who developed anorexia and inspired her parents to create tantalizing dog treats.
USA Today
Tears will stain the pages as you read about Gracie.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale manages to both tickle the funny bone and touch the heart.
Ellen Kanner - Dogfancy
The business-success part of the story is nice, but the book's heart - and Dye's heart - lies with Gracie, Amazing Gracie, the dog he rescued as a pup who spent the rest of her life rescuing him.
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