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IN FIVE-DOG EPIPHANY, MARIANNE LEONE writes about the joy that can be summoned after a great loss, "when you look into the eyes of another damaged creature and know that your happiness is a mirror and an echo...

  • Name : Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy
  • Vendor : Gracie Belle
  • Type : Books
  • Manufacturing : 2024 / 10 / 17
  • Barcode : 9781636141923
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IN FIVE-DOG EPIPHANY, MARIANNE LEONE writes about the joy that can be summoned after a great loss, "when you look into the eyes of another damaged creature and know that your happiness is a mirror and an echo and a prayer, and that the little soul reflecting all that energy is happy too, at last." This memoir is a moving and sometimes surprisingly funny exploration of grief and the mutual healing that can occur between rescue dogs and people who have experienced a soul-crushing loss. Leone and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, lost their only child suddenly in 2005. Jesse was seventeen, a straight-A student, and a brilliant poet, who was also quadriplegic and nonverbal except with the assistance of a computer.

When six-year-old Jesse miraculously blurted "dog" to Santa, Goody appeared on his bed on Christmas morning. Goody was followed by Lucky, Frenchy, Titi, and Sugar, all rescues adopted after Jesse's passing. After Jesse's death, Leone grew a tumor the size of her premature son at birth, her husband disappeared into dark acting roles (Breach, Married Life), and Leone fainted during the filming of a scene in The Sopranos where she is standing in front of her television son's coffin.

This is the story of a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs finding their way to a new life, everyone licking their wounds, both corporal and spiritual, and the rediscovery of joy.



Author: Marianne Leone
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Gracie Belle
Published: 09/03/2024
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781636141923


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 07/22/2024

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