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A Dog's Purpose
- 332 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2010
- 21 editions
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1 About this book
A Dog's Purpose is a 2010.
novel written by American author W. Bruce Cameron. It chronicles a dog's journey through four lives via reincarnation and how he looks for his purpose through each.
The novel was a New York Times bestseller for 49 weeks, garnering critical praise from such sources as Temple Grandin, famous for her study of cattle behavior; Kirkus Reviews; and Marty Becker, resident veterinarian on the early-morning television show, Good Morning America. A sequel followed in May 2012, titled A Dog's Journey, following the same dog after the events of the previous book. The film rights of the book were bought by DreamWorks. A film of the same name was released in January 2017.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: fantasy, humor, and dogs.
- Family life
- Fantasy
- Human-animal relationships
- Dogs
- Humor
- Courage
- Modern & contemporary fiction
- Alcoholism
2 About W. Bruce Cameron
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
3 More by W. Bruce Cameron
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