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Mestengo
Melinda Roth
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Description for Mestengo
Hardback. A New York Times bestseller! Num Pages: 256 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: BM; WNG; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 32.
Exhausted by her job as a political press secretary, Melinda Roth found the courage to escape. Her goal: a simpler life in rural Illinois that would let her pursue her passion for writing. But then real life intervened. A fire at a neighboring farm and a misinterpreted gesture of kindness transformed her into the reluctant caretaker of a homeless menagerie of animals. Roth, coauthor of the New York Times-bestseller From Baghdad with Love, writes vividly, movingly, and often humorously of the chaos that descended into her life. One of her new tenants was a wild mustang, broken but not bowed, ... Read more
Exhausted by her job as a political press secretary, Melinda Roth found the courage to escape. Her goal: a simpler life in rural Illinois that would let her pursue her passion for writing. But then real life intervened. A fire at a neighboring farm and a misinterpreted gesture of kindness transformed her into the reluctant caretaker of a homeless menagerie of animals. Roth, coauthor of the New York Times-bestseller From Baghdad with Love, writes vividly, movingly, and often humorously of the chaos that descended into her life. One of her new tenants was a wild mustang, broken but not bowed, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, United States
ISBN
9780762790197
SKU
V9780762790197
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About Melinda Roth
Melinda Roth is the author of The Man Who Talks to Dogs, a former award-winning political journalist, and a former Capitol Hill press secretary. She co-wrote the international bestseller From Baghdad with Love (Lyons, 2006) and Don't Dump the Dog and also worked on the bestselling Wesley the Owl.
Reviews for Mestengo
Critical acclaim for From Baghdad with Love:"Heartwarming." —USA Today"A tale of radiant joy ... that eschews sentimentality. ... The story of Lava's journey out of Iraq is exciting, but it's to Kopelman and Roth's credit that it's not nearly as harrowing as the story of what the dog left behind." —Publishers Weekly"Not just a seasonal heart-warmer. It is a provocative ... Read more