"Beautiful Joe" by Marshall Saunders is a touching and enduring tale of resilience, compassion, and the transformative electricity of affection. The novel is narrated via Joe, a canine who has suffered cruelty at the arms of his owner but finds redemption and a new lifestyle with the sort Morris own family. The story unfolds in the small metropolis of Fairport, in which Joe undergoes a series of trials that take a look at his spirit. His physical deformities, an end result of the abuse he continued, function a poignant ...
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"Beautiful Joe" by Marshall Saunders is a touching and enduring tale of resilience, compassion, and the transformative electricity of affection. The novel is narrated via Joe, a canine who has suffered cruelty at the arms of his owner but finds redemption and a new lifestyle with the sort Morris own family. The story unfolds in the small metropolis of Fairport, in which Joe undergoes a series of trials that take a look at his spirit. His physical deformities, an end result of the abuse he continued, function a poignant metaphor for the broader topic of societal cruelty and the potential for recuperation. The Morris own family, led via the compassionate Laura, offers a stark evaluation to the cruelty Joe experienced, supplying him a second hazard at happiness. Through Joe's eyes, Saunders crafts a narrative that now not most effective champions the reason of animal welfare but also underscores the wider concepts of empathy and kindness. "Beautiful Joe" became a landmark painting inside the animal welfare movement, prompting social trade and galvanizing readers to rethink their treatment of animals.
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A Great Read, You will laugh, You'll cry but lou will absolutely love this book.
Joyce J
Apr 4, 2013
Excellent service
Book was better than described. Arrived in a fast time and packaged very well.
oschar
Jun 10, 2010
times gone by
This is a lovely book full of days gone by when life moved at a slower pace. Love the way it has been written and to be able to share this dogs second chance with such a wonderful family.
appalachiacat
Aug 13, 2009
A Tale of Courage and Heart
On Christmas day, 1961, I received this book as a present. Reading it was a truly life-changing experience. Not only was it the first of many well-loved stories about animals, but it also formally began my love-affair with the animal kingdom.
The story is told by Joe, who lives with his siblings and mother in a ill-kept barn belonging to an abusive and alcoholic character named Jenkins. Jenkins is cruel to all around him, including his beaten down wife, neglected children, viciously used cows and horse as well as his dogs,Joe and Joe's family. There are some decidedly horrific, but realistic portrayals of the kind of abuse that animals go through evey day at the hands of humans like Jenkins and in the end, now all alone, our hero is pushed beyond what he can bear and fights back. Jenkins prevails and maims the dog and leaves Joe to die.
Of course, Joe is rescued and goes to live with the Morrises, a kindly, eccentric and interesting family consisting of a houseful of kids, happy animals and wise adults.The Morris boys give him the name of "Beautiful Joe". And so Beautiful Joe's new life begins.
"Beautiful Joe" is definitely a "Moral Tale", which will always have a place on the world's bookshelves. Kids (and everyone else) enjoy stories where the helpless are rescued and the rescuers win out over the bad guys.
This book has great character development, practical advice on dog training and shows how organization, effort and well-intentioned, intelligent people working together can make things right, even when it seems that the "status quo" and the way people think is too entrenched to be moved. And, by the way, Jenkins does get his comeuppance in a very satisfying way!
ReaderfromMaine
Jul 23, 2009
Animal treatment -----
This story of a dog, so mistreated,
was so heartfelt - I cried ! I had last
read this wonderful book many years
ago, but I plan to read it on a regular
basis from now on.
