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By: Candy Gourlay,
on 6/26/2016
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By: Lisa Chellman,
on 9/18/2008
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By: Candy Gourlay,
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By: Lisa Chellman,
on 9/18/2008
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One of my writing projects concerns a stray dog. So when I read Cheryl Rainfield's glowing review of Dog Lost, by Ingrid Lee, I put it on hold at the library right away. It came this morning.
And I got to page 30 and had to stop. I should have known that to go with the pit bull debate there would be some bits about pit bull abuse and dog fighting. But somehow that didn't sink in until page 30, when we see two dogs chained in a shed and are told only one of them will get to eat. And I just don't think I can keep reading.
One of the things in this world that makes me saddest is animal abuse in general and dog fighting in particular. I know this book is, in part, an argument against all that—a compassionate defense of innocent animals who get a bad name because of the cruelty that makes them wild and violent. But I can't help thinking of the news articles I've read and the photos I've seen of dogs rescued from the dog fighting industry, and I just break down crying.
Does that every happen to you? Do you ever encounter a book you can't read because, no matter how good it promises to be, it's just too painful to read? Apparently animal abuse is one of my triggers. I can't bring myself to read Kathi Appelt's The Beneath, either.
I mean, heck, I can't even read Where the Red Fern Grows to its conclusion anymore, and that was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. As with playground swings and merry-go-rounds, I just don't have the stomach for sorrow anymore.
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