A Friend for Life – True stories from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Opening with a foreword by Paul O’Grady, this heart-warming and uplifting collection of real life stories demonstrate the extraordinary lengths Battersea volunteers go to in order to give animals a second chance, as well as celebrating the power of animals to transform people’s lives.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is the oldest and most-loved animal home in the country, caring for thousands of lost, abandoned or unwanted cats and dogs every year. But while they play a vital role in saving animals, quite often these animals go on to save their new owners in surprising ways.
Royalties from the sale of this book go towards supporting the work of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (registered charity no.206394)
What’s not to like about this, especially if you’re an animal lover. A book very much full of love, hope, and sheer delight.
A Friend for Life: £6.99.
A Christmas Angel at the Ragdoll Orphanage by Suzanne Lambert
When the author, Suzanne, was left, two weeks old, at the door of an orphanage in Newcastle, it was Nancy the nanny who fought for the right to adopt Suzanne. Now, 60 years later, Suzanne is sharing the untold story of all the many orphans that her mother Nancy saved throughout the 1940s and 50s.
A Christmas Angel at the Ragdoll Orphanage tells the story of a remarkable woman, who worked tirelessly to give society’s most vulnerable children a chance of home and happiness. Full of touching,unforgettable stories, this is a wondrously festive book all about the real meaning of motherhood.
Another winner: an inspiring book, full of hope. As one with roots near Newcastle I loved this but even as a someone from down south I would have done, anyway.
A Christmas Angel at the Ragdoll Orphanage: pb Michael Joseph £6.99
A Pug Like Percy by Fiona Harrison
Be still my beating heart. This is a fantastic book for the Christmas stocking, but for what age? Children would enjoy it, and the print is such that it is easily read, but why deprive adults? What a peach of a pug.
Percy is homeless, abandoned by his owner at an animal rescue centre on a cold winter’s night. So when he finds a loving new home with Gail and her family, his deepest wish is that this time, it’s forever. Will it be, with the family under strain as the young daughter Jenny endures frequent trips to hospital?
Ah, wait and see.
A Pug Like Percy hb: £9.99