{"product_id":"a-dog-year-twelve-months-four-dogs-and-me-9780812966909","title":"A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Change loves me, defines and stalks me like a laser-guided smart bomb. It comes at me in all forms, suddenly and with enormous impact, from making shifts in work to having and raising a kid to buying a cabin on a distant mountaintop. Sometimes, change comes on four legs.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his popular and widely praised \u003ci\u003eRunning to the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon Katz wrote of the strength and support he found in the massive forms of his two yellow Labrador retrievers, Julius and Stanley. When the Labs were six and seven, a breeder who'd read his book contacted Katz to say she had a dog that was meant for him--a two-year-old border collie named Devon, well bred but high-strung and homeless. Katz already had a full canine complement, but instinct overruled reason, and soon thereafter he brought Devon home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how Devon and Jon--and Julius and Stanley--came to terms with each other. It shows how a man discovered a lot about himself through one dog (and then another) whose temperament seemed as different from his own as day is from night. It is a story of trust and understanding, of life and death, of continuity and change. It is by turns insightful, hilarious, and deeply moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812966909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e69786 \/ Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.9 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon Katz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378265325749,"sku":"9780812966909","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f37af634-8cfa-45b1-9b10-52dda102a286.jpg?v=1701751991","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-dog-year-twelve-months-four-dogs-and-me-9780812966909","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}