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The heartwarming and unforgettable
story of a family in the making and the
wondrously neurotic dog who taught
them what really matters in life
John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.
Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever, a dog like no other. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, flung drool on guests, stole women's undergarments, and ate nearly everything he could get his mouth around, including couches and fine jewelry. Obedience school did no good—Marley was expelled. Neither did the tranquilizers the veterinarian prescribed for him with the admonishment, ""Don't hesitate to use these.""
And yet Marley's heart was pure. Just as he joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. Marley shared the couple's joy at their first pregnancy, and their heartbreak over the miscarriage. He was there when babies finally arrived and when the screams of a seventeen-year-old stabbing victim pierced the night. Marley shut down a public beach and managed to land a role in a feature-length movie, always winning hearts as he made a mess of things. Through it all, he remained steadfast, a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.
Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.
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Customer Review: Poor Dog
Instead of "Marley & Me," this book should have been entitled, "Me." It is a trite book, written terribly by the dog's negligent owner for the purpose of self-congratulation for what he thinks is a witty sense of humor (he is wrong). The dog plays only a supporting role in an endlessly boring series of yawn-inspiring episodes of Mr. Grogan's meaningless life, including unwelcome details about sex with his wife--all the while, Grogan quotes himself as he says such senseless and cliched things to his dog as, "You really did it this time, big guy." The writing is so bad; one chapter actually begins with the cliched sentence, "Sleep came fitfully that night." Spare me! Ultimately, the dog dies because the family leaves him at a kennel while they frolick in Disney World, knowing that the old dog's health suffers when he is left at the kennel. Grogan glosses over his complicity in the dog's torturous death, and ultimately martyrs himself as a heartbroken dad. Give me a break. Grogan is so in love with himself, he couldn't possibly have loved the dog. It is very telling that the dog's death is described in the 2nd to last chapter, leaving the final chapter to waste your time with the pitiful details of a newspaper column Grogan wrote about the dog's death--he actually quotes his own column in the book! It's like writing a book in tribute to a person, and then ending the book with a detailed description of your eulogy at the person's funeral--effectively making the story more about you than the person who has died. This book is a pathetic insult to labradors and all other beloved pets. Mr. Grogan, you are a boring man with a boring life. Congratulations on a brilliant marketing scheme to fool us all into buying a book about you, disguised as a book about Marley.
Customer Review: Marley & Me
I purchased this book for my 9 year old neice. After reading it first I decided the material was just a bit more mature in nature. However it is such a good book I will keep it for her until she is a little older.


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