Ivan!: A Pound Dog's View on Life, Love, and Leashes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781596528314)

A story of hope, love and purpose for anyone who has ever loved a rescue dog.

With wry wit, deep insight, and vivid anecdotes, Tim McHugh gives voice to the family pet and delves into the place where the canine and human hearts become one.

Ivan, a mixed-breed dog-philosopher with an extreme underbite and various other deformities, chronicles his life story with keen observations about his adopted family and the people he loves, covering the life events that touch us all. Throughout his life Ivan keeps plugging forward with optimism and faith, always striving to learn from his mistakes, believing that even as he is ultimately facing old age, disease, and death, life is all the more wonderful. To Ivan, love and relationships with people are what matters most, and that if a deformed pound dog like him can find love and acceptance, anyone can. His is a lively, humorous story of hope and perseverance.

Author: Tim McHugh
ISBN-10: 1596528311
ISBN-13: 9781596528314
Publisher: Turner
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2011
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/17/2011