Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog
John Grogan
published 2005
304
“Oh my. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything so cute in my life.” Thus author Grogan’s wife sealed their fate when they “just went to look” at a litter of Labrador retriever puppies and ended up picking out Marley. Maybe their first clue should have been that the breeder had discounted the price on their puppy, or when they saw his father charging out of the woods covered in mud with a crazed but joyous look in his eye. Despite this, Marley entered their lives, and nothing was ever the same again. Between careening through screen doors and swallowing everything that would fit in his mouth, Marley also managed to comfort these two when they miscarried their first child. Although Marley got kicked out of obedience training after he dragged the instructor across the parking lot and terrorized his pet sitter, he also landed a minor role in a movie. Marley, incorrigible though he was, had inserted himself into the author’s life in a way no normal dog could.
