The Rehabilitation of Marcus of Umbria

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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Brag for a Friend, Dog Book Review, Dog Life, Dog Musings, Dogs on Drugs | Posted on 25-06-2010

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Justine van der Leun‘s new book Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl about Love essentially ends with Justine and Marcus getting on a plane in Italy to return to a non-existent home stateside. As I mentioned in yesterday’s book review, while I liked the book a lot, what intrigued me more was what happened next. So, Justine and I spent a good hour or more on the phone Monday, talking about Marcus and how she learned to live in a modern, urban world.

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Marcus of Umbria: Book Review

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Posted by Roxanne Hawn | Posted in Brag for a Friend, Dog Book Review, Dog Life, Dog Musings | Posted on 24-06-2010

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In Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl about Love, fellow freelance writer Justine van der Leun tells her tale of fleeing a magazine job in New York City for a much-needed fling with a hot guy in the Italian countryside. Amid her many stranger-in-a-strange-land adventures, the true love story unfolds between Justine and a field-bred, English Pointer that she names MARCUS before realizing the sad, neglected dog she found is a GIRL.

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