Coffee with a canine: Annemarie O’Brien & Zar and Zola

Today's featured trio at Coffee with a Canine: Annemarie O’Brien & Zar and Zola.

The author, on how her dogs got their names:

Zola comes from the Russian word, “zolotaya” which means golden, the color of her coat. Zar comes from the Russian word, “Ryczar” which means knight, for he is...[read on]

From the jacket flap of Lara’s Gift:

Young Lara is being groomed in the family tradition to take over as Count Vorontsov’s next kennel steward, breeding borzoi dogs worthy of the Tsar. But when Lara’s baby brother is born, she finds herself supplanted as her father decides to make her brother the next kennel steward. Lara has a special gift of understanding these incredible dogs—a gift that her father eyes with fear and superstition. Can Lara convince him to let her fulfill her destiny with the noble borzoi? And can she save her favorite dog, Zar, and the rest of the borzoi from a hungry pack of wolves threatening life on the estate?

Set in Imperial Russia, full of color and authenticity, this is a powerful story of one girl’s love for her dog—and her desire to fulfill her prophetic dreams and destiny.

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