Sunday, August 22, 2010

Endal - Allen & Sandra Parton


Endal - Allen & Sandra Parton (2009)

Allen is a young man in the navy, when in a foreign port is given leave to visit with a local family. On the way to their house, he is involved in a car accident and suffers a moderate head injury. This injury however leaves him with a vast range of disablities, making him eventually unfit for work, and places huge stress on his wife and children.

Allens wife Sandra alternates chapters with him, and through her work volunteering with disablilty dogs, Allen gets to meet Endal a lab who changes his life and independence.

I enjoyed reading the family story from both points of view,and thought it was an easy read.
3/5

2 comments:

allen parton said...

They are turning the Endal book into a block buster movie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8232819.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6124094/Story-of-hero-Gulf-War-dog-to-be-made-into-a-film.html

http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/3776/the-story-of-endal-to-be-turned-in-to-5m-hollywood-film/

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/people/Hero-dog-has-his-day.5604683.jp

Pia K said...

you do find such great animals-and-humans books, julie! by the sound of it, i trust this is a better one than the awful and sad "marley & me". now on my to-read-list:)