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Títle: Mango: A Thai Rescue Dog
Travels The World
Writer: Sherrie McCarthy
Year: 2016
When Sherrie McCarthy and
partner Patrick set out on their
round the world ride little did they
realise they would return with an
extra passenger.
Mango: A Thai Rescue Dog Trav-
els The World is Sherrie’s account of
how she and Patrick came across a
street dog that they fell in love with
and promptly adopted to take back
to Germany via South-East Asia,
Canada and the United States.
Mango’s story is beautifully writ-
ten in both the first person by Sher-
rie as well as an amusing account
by Mango, at times this is key to the
story and gets the reader thinking
from an animal’s point of view.
Would you adopt an animal from
a different country in the hope to
take it home with you? Sherrie (and
Mango) demonstrate that it’s possi-
ble and in many ways, despite the
bureaucratic red tape can be quite easy.
As you read through Mango: A
Thai Rescue Dog Travels The World
there’s no doubt you’ll see the love
building between human and ani-
mal, and for those of you that share
your adventures with an animal
you’ll see some of yourself. That’s
the beauty of the story of Mango.
If there’s one criticism, it’s that
the story starts well however by
midway it seems to rush through;
blog entries don’t help the cause.
There’s no doubt Mango’s story
could’ve continued and gone into
greater detail and it wouldn’t have
hurt the overall appeal.
Mango: A Thai Rescue Dog Trav-
els The World is a good little book
and well worth sharing the experi-
ence of how a Thai street dog be-
comes a pampered family member
in Germany and the journey to get
there.
Who Are You? isn't so much a
book about motorcycling but rather
the reflections of the author and his
travelling companion Chloe on the
life they shared with Ken Eaton's
wife Sue.
Ken writes of his life, and loss, as
his wife and he went through one of
the most insidious of diseases; de-
mentia.
Through verse and poems, beau-
tifully written from the heart, while
Ken and his little mate, Chloe,
travel Australia, the story of what
a dementia sufferers family goes
through is thoughtfully told.
Who Are You? is the perfect
example of how the solitude of
motorcycle travel can open your
mind, help you reflect, collect your
thoughts, and discover more than you ever realised. Through tragedy,
Ken has managed to do what many
travellers hope to achieve and has
opened his heart. His little mate,
Chloe, has no doubt helped a great
deal, even 'writing' her own piece
of the story; Chloe's 'input' into the
Who Are You? story is simply beau-
tiful and a thoughtful way of narrat-
ing the story.
Who Are You? is a short book that
tells a massive story, it will have you
smiling and crying, it will have you
thinking, reflecting and thankful
for what you have. You'll finish it,
put it down and almost immediate-
ly pick it up and start again. Each
time it reveals a little more of the
story shared between Sue, Ken and
Chloe.
A simply beautiful little book!
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Títle: Who Are You, She Said
To Me
Writer: Ken Eaton (& Chloe)
Year: 2018
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