Ruby's Tale: A True Rags to Riches Story

2010 Book of the Year Award Finalist

ForeWord Reviews announced Ruby's Tale as a finalist for the 2010 Book of the Year Awards in the Pets category.

Found like unwanted trash in an abandoned house, Ruby grew up to achieve the impossible! Ride along with her on a stunning, wild, and wonderful odyssey that has been her life . . . a real doggie epic!

Ruby is a certified service dog. She is a veteran of stage plays, appeared in newspapers around the world, and worked at a radio station as a co-host--her occasional snoring bemusing guests and listeners alike.

Meet the fascinating people, celebrities, and dogs Ruby has worked with, lived with, and helped along the way. Wait for help with Ruby and her family in the blistering South Dakota sun when the motor home broke down, only to wish they hadn't been rescued when the tow truck operators turned out to look like the cannibal woodsmen from the movie Wrong Turn. Ruby was flown to Hollywood to appear on The Bonnie Hunt Show. (Bonnie loved Ruby!) Then it was off to Chicago. Again it was a driver, a limo and a four star hotel . . . not bad for a little dog nobody wanted and left to die. But Ruby found that all that glitters was not always gold in corporate America, and then, cancer came a calling. Once again, with the help from a mysterious angel, Ruby rallied her indomitable spirit to survive.

Ruby's story is multifaceted. There is fun, gritty drama, high emotion, excitement, anger, laughter and betrayal. It is a living, breathing story that will leave adoptive pet parents cheering.