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Discovering a New Writer
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Call me Officially Discovered. Barnes & Nobles this week named me as one of its Discover Great New Writers selections for the holiday season. Marley & Me is one of 16 newly released books that made the B&N list. That means it will get special display in Barnes & Noble stores, an original B&N review (which I'm pasting below) and will be in the running at the end of the year for the Discover Award, selected from that year's Discover selections.
B&N describes the Discover Great New Writers program this way:
"Since 1990, a group of Barnes & Noble booksellers has met seasonally to select the best forthcoming new work by debuting and underappreciated writers. Chosen solely on the basis of literary merit, these exceptional books are promoted throughout Barnes & Noble. Then each spring, a group of distinguished literary jurists name two outstanding writers (one each in fiction and nonfiction) from the previous year's Discover picks for a career-changing prize -- the Discover Award."
The Barnes & Noble review reads:
FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review from Discover Great New Writers
Marley: 100 pounds of unbridled canine exuberance and unrelenting mischief. Marley: proud owner of a tail that could, with metronome-like regularity, clear coffee tables and topple unsuspecting toddlers. Marley: noble member of a breed famous for its ability to guide the blind, who's declared "untrainable" and bounced out of obedience class. A perfect dog? Maybe not. But when they plucked him from a litter 13 years ago, John Grogan and his new wife gamely set out on an adventure that would change their lives forever.
As a puppy, this whirling dervish with huge golden paws and an enormous head jumps, chews, careens, and goes nuclear at the first rumble of thunder. With his uncontainable energy, Marley isn't exactly the calm, attentive, obedient Lab the Grogans had hoped for. As the years pass and the family grows, Marley teaches his owners hard lessons in patience. His neurotic behavior, though mellowed over time, becomes a lasting and finally acceptable characteristic, and his loyalty and love enrich the Grogans' own notions of friendship and responsibility.
Joyfully infectious, Marley & Me is a loving valentine to one dog and his unquenchable spirit. John Grogan has captured their journey together, and in this delightfully moving story, has set the bar high for dog owners everywhere. (Holiday 2005 Selection)
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See the complete list and read about the Discover program at
posted by John Grogan at 3:13 PM
 
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