Брюс Кэмерон (W. BRUCE CAMERON )A DOG’S PURPOSE
A DOG’S PURPOSE
W. BRUCE CAMERON
A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK
NEW YORK
Table of Contents
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A DOG’S PURPOSE
Copyright © 2010 by W. Bruce Cameron
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TO CATHRYN
For doing everything, for being everything
{ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS }
So many people have helped me in so many ways to get me from where I started to where I am today, I hardly know where to begin the task of identifying them all—and where to stop is even more perplexing a choice. So let me state for the record that I know that as both a writer and a person I am a work in progress who thus far is a sum of all I’ve learned and experienced, and that I owe everything to the people who have taught me, helped me, and supported me.
I do want to make sure I acknowledge some of the writings I used in my research into how dogs think. Dogwatching , by Desmond Morris. What the Dogs Have Taught Me , by Merrill Markoe. The Hidden Life of Dogs , by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Search and Rescue Dogs , by the American Rescue Dog Association. The works of Cesar Millan, James Herriot, Dr. Marty Becker, and Gina Spadafori.
I wouldn’t be anything without the support of my family, especially my parents, who have always believed in my writing despite a couple of decades’ worth of rejection notices.