Got to know John Grogan from Marley & Me so was glad to get to know him even better. This is an intensely personal memoir in honor of his father. I'm just a couple years older than John so I could relate to his happy childhood and coming of age in a tumultuous time in our country. I was not ra...
I love reading anything by John Grogan. I'm reading his old columns in his compilation books. He's an excellent storyteller in all his writings. I can read Marley and Me over and over again along with the shortened version that is the motion picture. This memoir was written with clarity and hones...
There's hardly any mention of Marley in The Longest Trip Home. M&M was an autobiographical slice of Grogan's life - a 12 year period when he was newly married and started a family. In TLTH he goes Big Picture, and starts from the beginning until his father's death shortly before the publication...
With the signature sensitivity and humor that Grogan expressed in "Marley and Me", Grogan describes his life growing up in a strict Catholic family and the journey home when his father is ailing. I listened to this (Grogan reads)and there were laugh out loud moments! I totally understood Grogan's...
Ahhh! I loved this book. I laughed, I cried, I remeneniced. I thought about my beloved black labrador, Duff. Just like John said, "They really are they when you need them." Duff was always there for me. Walks down the hill, over the streets, down by the Golf Course, with the sunsetting. Sitting o...
I am definitely a sap when it comes to animals. I am also definitely a sap whenever I watch the movie Marley and Me, based on John Grogan’s book of the same name. So, when I was at the used bookstore and saw Bad Dogs Have More Fun, by John Grogan, I snatched it up. Truth be known, I never actuall...