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OverviewNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin', the warmhearted and hilarious story of how his life was transformed by his love for a poorly behaved, half-blind stray dog. Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house, a starved and half-dead creature, seventy-six pounds of wet hair and poor decisions. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty. A cancer diagnosis, chemo, kidney failure, and recurring pneumonia had left Rick lethargic and melancholy. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rick BraggPublisher: Diversified Publishing Imprint: Random House Large Print Edition: Large type / large print edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.346kg ISBN: 9780593460221ISBN 10: 0593460227 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 19 October 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsBragg has done it again, focusing his lyrical prose on one aspect of his Southern roots while managing to embrace much larger terrain in the process . . . [The Speckled Beauty] delights the senses and is as honest as the day is long. -David Holahan, USA Today Bragg's descriptions are vivid, his use of colorful place names is enchanting, and while the story is Speck's, whenever Bragg turns the camera on himself you find you like and empathize with him a little more each time . . . 'My people think a good story will fix just about anything,' Bragg writes, and in this case it might actually be true. -Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune Rick Bragg spins his mesmerizing tales of life down South with characteristically wry humor and wisdom . . . The Speckled Beauty takes its place beside Willie Morris' My Dog Skip, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' animal narratives and William Faulkner's dog stories-as well as all those short tales of devoted dogs in Field & Stream-confirming once more Bragg's enduring artfulness and cracking good ability to spin memorable, affectionate tales. -Henry L. Carrigan Jr., BookPage [starred review] Bragg's story will resonate with dog lovers and with his many fans, who will recognize this book's enjoyably colloquial tone from his monthly essays in Southern Living magazine. -Susan Riley, Library Journal [starred review] Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist Rick Bragg (The Best Cook in the World; My Southern Journey) grew out of rural Southern poverty, but the spirit of his storytelling has made him-and legions of readers-rich beyond measure . . . Amid dark days, bright Speck shows up at just the right time. How fortunate for readers that the joy of his presence-enhanced by the wit and wisdom of Bragg's inimitable prose-will resonate far beyond the Bragg homestead. -Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness This is a witty, moving love letter to one extraordinary dog-and an ode to the transformative powers of his kind. -People Magazine [Book of the Week] Bragg has done it again, focusing his lyrical prose on one aspect of his Southern roots while managing to embrace much larger terrain in the process . . . [The Speckled Beauty] delights the senses and is as honest as the day is long. -David Holahan, USA Today Bragg's descriptions are vivid, his use of colorful place names is enchanting, and while the story is Speck's, whenever Bragg turns the camera on himself you find you like and empathize with him a little more each time . . . 'My people think a good story will fix just about anything,' Bragg writes, and in this case it might actually be true. -Laurie Hertzel, Minneapolis Star Tribune Rick Bragg spins his mesmerizing tales of life down South with characteristically wry humor and wisdom . . . The Speckled Beauty takes its place beside Willie Morris' My Dog Skip, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' animal narratives and William Faulkner's dog stories-as well as all those short tales of devoted dogs in Field & Stream-confirming once more Bragg's enduring artfulness and cracking good ability to spin memorable, affectionate tales. -Henry L. Carrigan Jr., BookPage [starred review] Bragg's story will resonate with dog lovers and with his many fans, who will recognize this book's enjoyably colloquial tone from his monthly essays in Southern Living magazine. -Susan Riley, Library Journal [starred review] Author InformationRICK BRAGG is the author of eight books, including the best-selling Ava's Man and All Over but the Shoutin'. He is also a regular contributor to Garden & Gun magazine. He lives in Alabama. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |