Friday, December 20, 2013

Coffee with a canine: Debbie Levy & Toby

This weekend's featured duo at Coffee with a Canine: Debbie Levy and Toby.

The author, on Toby's connection to the forthcoming picture book, Dozer’s Run:
I have a picture book coming out in the summer of 2014 about a Goldendoodle named Dozer who broke through his fence to join a charity half-marathon, ended up lost and then found, and raised more money for cancer research than any of the human runners in the race. It’s a true story, so while I can’t say that Dozer, a real dog, was inspired by Toby, I can say that my love for my own dog and my sense of her as a sentient being inspired my approach to presenting Dozer’s story in Dozer’s Run....[read on]
About Levy's recent novel, Imperfect Spiral, from the publisher:
Danielle Snyder's summer of babysitting turns into one of overwhelming guilt and sadness when Humphrey, her five-year-old charge is killed suddenly. Danielle gets caught up in the machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling, and, when the driver of the car that struck Humphrey turns out to be an undocumented alien, a politically charged immigration debate. Wanting only to mourn the sweet little boy she grew to love, Danielle tries to avoid the world around her, until a new and unexpected friendship with Justin, a boy she meets at the park, helps her find a way to preserve Humphrey's memory, stand up for what she believes in, and find her own path to forgiveness. Readers will be swept away by this heart-wrenching, but uplifting story.
Learn more about the book and author at Debbie Levy's website and blog.

My Book, The Movie: Imperfect Spiral.

Read--Coffee with a Canine: Debbie Levy and Toby.

--Marshal Zeringue