The Underdogs

by Melissa Fay Greene

Book Overview

THE UNDERDOGS tells the story of Karen Shirk: felled at age 24 by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as an immobile, deeply isolated and depressed, ventilator-dependent patient, she was rejected by every service dog agency in the country as "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to raise her own service dog, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. "How many people are stranded like I was," she wondered, "who could lead productive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062218522
• ISBN13: 9780062218520
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Eccopress
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.8"