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    Roam: A Novel with Music
    Roam: A Novel with Music
    Roam: A Novel with Music
    Audiobook8 hours

    Roam: A Novel with Music

    Written by Alan Lazar

    Narrated by Patrick Lawlor

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    They say you never forget your first love...

    Born under a sparkling crescent moon, Nelson is a bright-eyed, inquisitive half beagle, half poodle. He lives with Katey and Don, newlyweds whose marriage is straining under the pressures of domesticity, but Katey's devotion to Nelson buoys the pup even as he worries his home may be falling apart.

    But there are few things Nelson likes better than to follow a scent, and one day he follows his nose and gets lost...very lost. Though he searches frantically for Katey-and she for him-Nelson can't seem to find his way home, and he soon realizes that if he's ever to see his great love again, he must make his way on his own and try to survive in the wild.

    Over the course of eight years, Roam follows Nelson as he crosses the country searching for his family. For a time he rides shotgun with a truck driver named Thatcher, then he lives in the woods with a pack of wolves. A terrible accident takes his hind leg, but Nelson's strength and longing to find Katey keep him alive. Escaping death in a shelter, Nelson grows into an old dog with a cynical eye and a world-weary demeanor, but underneath it all, a fearless and courageous spirit. After all, he believes that one day he'll make it home...and maybe, just maybe, he will....

    Much more than the story of one dog's incredible journey, this is a deeply moving story of survival and enduring love, which once again confirms the unbreakable bond between humans and their best friends. In the tradition of The Art of Racing in the Rain and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Roam is an unforgettable tale of love lost and found, the trials that test families, and an affirmation that no matter how far or how long you may travel, there's always a place you can call home.This audiobook includes a seven-part piano soundtrack written by the author especially for Roam. Each part comes at the end of the chapter for which it was composed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 1, 2011
    ISBN9781452674889

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    • 4/5
      If you love animal books, particularly those about dogs, you’ll probably love ROAM by Alan Lazar. A curious dog roams too far from his “Great Love” (master) and just keeps roaming, encountering many different types of people along the way, always remembering his Great Love. It’s a darling story, and people who love animals usually are suckers for darling animal stories. I’m one of those people.So I loved the story. But I didn’t like the children’s storybook feel to it. It even has a storybook ending. How could it be any other way, though? The story is told from the dog’s perspective just as was another book before it, THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein. That book, too, sounds like a storybook.Since I was 8 years old I haven’t liked books that sounded like storybooks. But that’s just me. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN was and still is popular with many other people, and ROAM should be for the same reasons.So ROAM gets four stars for the suckers for animal books.
    • 5/5
      Roam is an absolutely wonderful story for dog and animal lovers. It covers eight years of 'roaming' by a little dog who wanders away and gets lost. The adventure takes many turns and twists from encounters with good people, bad people and those in between. Wolves, coyotes and of course a 'dog love' thrown into the mix. Not a tear jerker (I always avoid that) but just a sensitive story by an author who must love and understand dogs...
    • 5/5
      I LOVED this book! I couldn't put the book down. I would recommend this book to animal lovers for sure. I liked how the book was written in Nelson's point of view(the dog), and made me wonder sometimes what dog's really do think.