Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills
This touching narrative uses the poignant makeover of Gracie, a sickly Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to tell the story of America's hidden puppy mills-commercial kennels that breed dogs in horrific living conditions and churn out often-diseased and emotionally damaged puppies for sale.
Saving Gracie chronicles how one little dog is transformed from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing puppies into a loving, healthy member of her new family; and how her owner, Linda Jackson, is changed from a person who barely tolerated dogs to a woman passionately determined not only to save Gracie's life, but also to get the word out about the millions of American puppy mill dogs who need our help.
- A touching story of survival and redemption
- Written by award-winning journalist Carol Bradley
- Newsworthy issues call animal lovers to action
Join journalist Carol Bradley as she draws back the curtain on the world of illegal puppy production in Saving Gracie.
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Book details
- Author
- Carol Bradley
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Pets › Dogs › Breeds
- Topics
- dog rescue · animal welfare · Cavalier King Charles Spaniel · dog breeding industry · human-animal bond · true story
- ISBN-13
- 9780470447581 (Hardcover)9781118012277 (Paperback)
About the author
CAROL BRADLEY is a former newspaper reporter with twenty-six years of experience covering the U.S. Congress and state legislatures in Tennessee and New York, and writing features and investigative stories in Montana. Her books include Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top and Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills.
In 2004, Bradley studied Animal Law as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, where she was one of two dozen journalists worldwide chosen for the program.
Carol lives in Great Falls, Montana.