Urania's Distractions are back after taking some time off during summer.
As always you can contact me and I can post about your giveaways, book releases and contests.
Are you looking forward to meeting all those fantastic authors out there and their amazing stories?
So, here we go!
This one is not the genre I don't usually post about because when it comes to animals, especially dogs, I'm unbearably sensitive.
But this first entry is dedicated to a sweet friend who passed last Christmas and I miss so much
Jack.
He gave us fifteen wonderful years.
So scroll down to read about Toby's tale.
A Place to Call Home: Toby’s Tale
G. A. Whitmore
Book Genre: Middle-grade/Young Adult
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Buy Link(s): Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IX32I2Y
Book Description:
Every rescue dog has a tale to tell, a story uniquely their own. A Place to Call Home is Toby’s tale. His story takes you on a journey across the country from California to Connecticut and across the spectrum of life’s emotional and spiritual experience.
Born on a small farm in northern California, Toby narrowly escapes the death sentence imposed on him by his breeder. Through a series of events driven by good intentions, he finds himself in a Connecticut suburb where life with his new family soon collapses on him, and his newfound happiness is brutally destroyed.
On his quest to find a place to call home, Toby encounters and endures the best and worst of humanity as he comes face to face with sorrow and joy, fear and courage, and ultimately, with the power of love.
Based on a true story, A Place to Call Home is a young adult novel for dog lovers of all ages.
Author Bio:
Ms.
Whitmore’s passion for writing and her love of dogs come together in her series
The Rescue Dog Tales. The first book
in the series, A Place to Call Home,
is based on the true story of Toby, an abused dog she adopted from the
Connecticut Humane Society. Ms. Whitmore currently lives in Connecticut with
her rescue dog Kadee.
Author Links
Website:
http://gawhitmore.com
Twitter:
@gawhitmore
Book Description:
Every
rescue dog has a tale to tell, a story uniquely their own. A Place to Call Home is Toby’s tale. His story takes you on a
journey across the country from California to Connecticut and across the
spectrum of life’s emotional and spiritual experience.
Born
on a small farm in northern California, Toby narrowly escapes the death
sentence imposed on him by his breeder. Through a series of events driven by
good intentions, he finds himself in a Connecticut suburb where life with his
new family soon collapses on him, and his newfound happiness is brutally
destroyed.
On
his quest to find a place to call home, Toby encounters and endures the best
and worst of humanity as he comes face to face with sorrow and joy, fear and
courage, and ultimately, with the power of love.
Based
on a true story, A Place to Call Home
is a young adult novel for dog lovers of all ages.
Excerpt One
This excerpt is a scene from one of Toby’s
dream sequences:
Was this another dream? Who would visit him in this dream?
As if in answer to his question, a large pack of wolves and dogs
slowly materialized out of the enshrouding gray and one-by-one encircled him.
The snow stopped falling. All was still and quiet.
A long, wailing howl pierced the silence.
Followed by another.
Then another.
After a few moments, a chorus of howls erupted from the group that
now surrounded Toby. A primordial urge rose within him. He stood up and shook
off the light layer of snow that had accumulated on his fur. The urge grew
stronger, more compelling, until he realized his own voice had joined the
others. The multitude of voices became one as they howled on and on, until the
cry reached its crescendo and abruptly ended, leaving an echoing silence around
them once again.
A large, white figure approached Toby.
“Welcome to our pack, Toby.” The figure turned, and with a nod of
his head, indicated the others. He turned back to Toby. “How did you come to be
here?”
Toby
tried to find his voice, but the howl still reverberated in his throat. When he
finally spoke, his reply was weak and raspy. “I don’t know. I don’t even know
where here is.” He hesitated, and then asked, “How do you know my name?”
“My name is Strider, Toby. I am your grandfather.”
Strider! The memory of lying with Tara next to his mother as she
told them the story of Sadie and Strider came flooding back to him and he felt
a warmth of emotion flow through his body.
“Where is this place? How did I get here?” Toby asked.
Strider paused in thought for a moment, and then replied, “This
land is a different place for different creatures, yet it is the same place for
all creatures. For us,” Strider swept his large head around him, “this is the
place we call home.”
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Urania
Thank you for hosting!
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