Book Rec - No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home
Pen Farthing
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Book Description

'Nowzad was a gentle giant when it came to taking treats. He never, ever snatched. To me it was just further evidence that, deep inside, there was a great dog struggling to find his way out'

When Pen Farthing brings stray dogs Nowzad and Tali back from his tour of Afghanistan, little does he know what he has begun.

Suddenly he has four dogs to look after - two of whom have never been house-trained. And soon he is inundated with requests from other Marines and soldiers to help bring their rescued dogs home. Whether it's little Helmand, Fubar or Beardog, Pen does his utmost to give these dogs the chance they deserve.

No Place like Home is the true story of one man's courage and persistence as he struggles to give his dogs at home, and those still in Afghanistan, the best possible chance. It will warm - and break - the hearts of dog lovers everywhere.

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I think I finished this in a 48-hour span?

This second book by Pen Farthing comes after One Dog At A Time, and this is about Farthing's life back in England, with the four dogs he has. That, and juggling his time between dog duty, dog training duty, work duty, and his charity duty.

I sympathized with Farthing on all his Nowzad (the dog) woes, but at the same time, and feel like saying "I'm dealing with a similar dog", (despite the fact that my "nightmare" dog is probably half or a third of the size of Nowzad, and is a local dog)... My nightmare dog is an angel most of the times, doesn't snatch food, doesn't fight, but let him see a dog while he is on the leash, or let him see a dog or another person when he is inside the car, then he goes ballistic. But I digress.

However, this time around the book felt a little slow compared to the first book. Perhaps it is because of his relatively "civilian" life in this second book, that it didn't feel as exciting? In the first book, his "missions" at his base were a novelty and thus fun to read about, I guess...

The Kindle formatting looks good as well. I read the first book as a paper book, and the second as a Kindle book, and I'm glad to say that the Kindle format looks good too.

Farthing runs his own charity. Nowzad Dogs.