My grateful thanks are due to DMS Usher for this review on the Amazon website:
What an adorable book from new author Malcolm Orr. I first spotted the advertisement for this book prior to its recent launch and considered that it looked interesting enough for a fun time read and for just under a fiver!
Although no longer a dog owner myself (my last dog was a Border Collie over 30 years ago !) However, circumstances have not allowed me to keep a dog since - although I do own two cats! That said, I have always taken a tremendous interest in everyone else's dog, and particularly those of my friends - I still like to think that I understand them sufficiently !
I'm convinced that most pet lovers would like to consider that their pets actually think and converse in a similar way to ourselves. So with this in mind, it's exactly what brought this superb little book to my attention. I thought, after reading the pre launch review that it would serve as a decent little light read on a recent flight to India! I can tell you now, I was NOT disappointed !
The book chronicles a series of letters by Chloe, a psuedo border collie who originates from the outskirts of Perth Western Australia. She tells her true stories and of her eventual long journey by Silver Bird to a new land called England to be reunited with her 'old humans' following an enforced six months quarantine with her old friends in Aus!
Chloe gives her true account of life on this side of the pond, with the differences and comaprisons back home by way of a series of hilarious letters (purportedly written by her!)
This book is more than just a funny read, - and as I said at the top - it never disappoints. On the contrary, I think I had a smile on my face from beginnig to end, as I read of her (sometimes) hysterical accounts, which occasionally caused me to laugh out loud. Much - no doubt - to the person in the seat next to mine's annoyance!
Her biographical letters to her friends back in Australia are an absolute joy and I can only urge anyone, whether you own a Border Collie, Alsatian, Daschund or Minature Poodle, to just grab a copy as soon as you're able! You cannot fail to enjoy her experiences and you may even be amazed at her ability to adapt to a totally different lifestyle to the one she once knew!
