How the author was united with her dogs:
lost my job during the recession in 2009 and my dog Luke, a gorgeous 8-year Viszla, died two weeks later of undetected stomach cancer. It was a nightmare. About a month after that, I told my husband I wanted to get another dog and he was going to be the luckiest bastard every adopted and that I was going to name him L.B. I started looking at the kill shelters in Los Angeles and saw L.B.’s picture and knew she was the one. I didn’t know she was a she because she just had a number, but I called on a Thursday and they told me that Saturday was her last day. My daughter and I asked them to hold her. They wouldn’t, so we raced up there and got her the next day. She’s still L.B. for Lucky B-word. I got Ponyboy for my daughter because...[read on]About Dive Smack by Demetra Brodsky, from the publisher:
Theo Mackey only remembers one thing for certain about the fire that destroyed his home: he lit the match.Visit Demetra Brodsky's website.
Sure, it was an accident. But the blaze killed his mom and set his dad on a path to self-destruction. Everything else about that fatefulnight is full of gaping holes in Theo’s mind, for good reason. Maybe it’s better that way. As captain of the Ellis Hollow Diving Team, with straight A's and solid friends, he's only one semester away from securing a scholarship, and leaving his past behind.
But when a family history project gets assigned at school, new memories come rushing to the surface, memories that make Theo question what he really knows about his family, the night of the fire, and if he can trust anyone—including himself.
Coffee with a Canine: Demetra Brodsky & L.B. and Ponyboy Curtis.
--Marshal Zeringue
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