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You Me and Marley [DVD]

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Everything about the book is funny or touching. Even the birth of their first child was told in hysterical detail. This book basically chronicles the Marley's life with the Grogan's from puppyhood to his last few breaths. With “Marley & Me,” I was expecting a dog book, a man’s book. I mean, right on the cover is a picture of a cute little puppy looking up at the camera with innocent, loving eyes and a subtitle reading, “Life And Love With The World’s Worst dog.” So I was expecting a book about a man and his dog. We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent for our dog and all the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day for your return?" Admittedly, Grogan brings up several points where he and his wife overlook obvious signs of trouble – such as the lying “breeder” they choose as well as the personalities of the parent dogs. This is to Grogan’s credit because thereafter he continues to name other forces as the reason for Marley’s misbehavior.

At a point of time, even Jenny wanted to get rid of him. Only through John’s patience and efforts would the crisis be avoided. But, don’t get the impression that Marley was only a troublemaker. He always rose to the occasion when the situation demanded. He was the best therapy for providing emotional solace or could transform into a formidable protector if he sensed the Brogan’s were in danger. To other people, he may seemed like a wild, ferocious uncontrollable thing but to John and his family - to his readers Marley was anything but Animal lover, get ready to lose your heart to a dog when you read Marley & Me by John Grogan. At times, we all need to be reminded about things that really matter in life: loyalty, courage, devotion, simplicity, joy, and unconditional love. And Marley, a golden Labrador retriever, does an excellent job of reinforcing these values.

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Honeycutt, Kirk (December 21, 2008). "Film Review: Marley & Me". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 20, 2011. This is how Grogan has put it through for himself, for me and for those few thousand people who have lost their pet dogs.

I highly recommend Marley & Me to all readers. This book is catalogued as a nonfiction title, yet the book reads like a novel! From there, the story meanders down a gently twisting road into an enjoyable story of an American family, complete with happiness and sadness, disappointment and success, children and pet, jobs and vacations. The Grogans get pregnant again and with this baby mom goes into labor months too soon and is relegated to strict bed-rest to prevent a premature birth. A healthy baby boy is finally born at the same hospital and the day after Donald Trump’s baby. Afterwards, mom battles severe post-partum depression and demands that Marley be given away. At this point in the book, I remember silently chanting my encouragements to the narrator to “Get rid of the wife! Keep the dog! Keep the dog!” Ultimately, there was no need for such drastic measures, it’s too good and perfect of a story for tragedy. This story is one where wives and misbehaving dogs learn to live in harmony. There is the birth of a third kid (a girl!), a new job and move to Pennsylvania (complete with dog bellowing from the belly of the plane, serenading all un-amused passengers as his owners play dumb, feigning ignorance and similar disgust at such an obnoxious beast). Cedella’s most recent contribution to this industry of Bob is a series of children’s books based on the songs. In the latest, Marley and the Family Band, the family move from Jamaica to Wilmington, Delaware, as she did as a child. The girl in the book brings joy into her neighbourhood with her family’s music. Producing the books, she says, has been a further education in the universal appeal of her father’s message. All over the world, she has watched kids become instantly enthralled by the figure at the heart of them. 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. Grogan, John (April 21, 2008). "Dave Barry Does Marley (or should I rephrase that?)" . Retrieved February 3, 2013.Marley has come to be perceived as a saintly figure though he obviously was a complex and often troubled character. Is it possible to contain those multitudes in a musical?

Don’t be fooled by the breezy, Richard Curtis-like stylings of You & Me. This sentimental charmer, executive-produced by Russell T Davies, may look like a romcom, but it’s more David Nicholls’ One Day than Notting Hill. This is a drama about tragedy, and whether hearts can survive the potential horrors that life may throw at them. “After the worst, most unimaginable thing has happened to them, do you really think people can be happy again, the way they were before?” asks up-and-coming theatrical star Emma (Jessica Barden). The answer plays itself out over three episodes, which twist, turn and pivot across two-ish timelines and several years. She suggests that the trajectory of his story makes it perfect for this interpretation. She was named after Marley’s mother, Cedella Booker, who “put him on the bus and sent him to go live with a bunch of strangers when he was young. And that scarred him for life, you know, abandonment issues. Later, because his mother was a devout Christian, Rastas were not allowed in the house. So it was nice to see her in her later years come to appreciate her son for bringing joy to so many people around the world.”He became part of our melded fabric, a tightly woven and inseparable strand in the weave that was us. Just as we had helped shape him into the family pet he would become, he helped to shape us, as well- as a couple, as parents, as animal lovers, as adults. Despite everything, all the disappointments and unmet expectations, Marley had given us a gift, at once priceless and free. He taught us the art of unqualified love. How to give it, how to accept it. Where there is that, most of the other pieces fall into place." McGuinness, Ross (August 3, 2010). "Lord Of The Rings tops poll of films that make men cry". Metro.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010 . Retrieved May 20, 2011. It seems that almost from the beginning, writing songs in his teens, he was completely confident of that?

Editor Arnie Klein offers John a twice-weekly column writing anything he likes. Initially stumped for ideas, John realizes that Marley's misadventures might be the perfect topic for his first column. Arnie loves it, and Marley's continual wreaking havoc on the household provides John a wealth of material. The column proves popular with readers and eventually helps double the paper's circulation. Meanwhile, Jenny miscarries early in her first trimester, leaving them devastated.I never for once owned a dog or a pet for that matter. I couldn't even take care of a fish. So I can't have known how the loss of a pet could affect me. I have never known that bond but when I read this book, I felt that connection between man and dog. The scene where Marley passed on jerked at my heartstrings and before I knew it I was crying Niagara Falls. Addiego, Walter (December 25, 2008). "Movie review: 'Marley & Me' a sweet tearjerker". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved May 20, 2011.

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