| Details | | Publication Date: | 2001-06-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 364 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 22.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
When Elizabeth, a young premed student, happens upon Damien, a dog being used in laboratory research on her campus, she has no way of knowing how drastically her life - and her beliefs - will be changed. Without meaning to, she slowly becomes drawn into the dog's fate and is soon torn between the love and respect she's come to feel for Damien and the sense of loyalty and obligation she feels for the medical profession and her father and grandfather, both cardiac surgeons.As Elizabeth struggles to know what is right, Damien attempts to convey his feelings to the only ally he has ever known. The cruelties he continues to endure are proving unbearable and through his deep desire to please Elizabeth, and to save himself, he manages to articulate a few words of human speech. No longer able to deny that this intelligent fellow being is entitled to a life free of pain and torture, Elizabeth determines to free Damien. But when the scientists responsible for his mistreatment discover Damien's remarkable ability, there is no chance they will let the dog go, which precipitates a great crisis as Elizabeth and Damien attempt to escape. With an uncanny ability to write convincingly about life from the point of view of a canine, Diane Jessup has written an extraordinary story of friendship and loyalty. Few writers have ever shown the world of man's closest friend as clearly and movingly. For anyone who has ever loved a dog, this is a must read.
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