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Speck is a terror--a half-blind stray dog that won't behave. But the starving dog arrived at the Bragg's Alabama farm just when he was needed. Rick was in remission from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after going through the hell of chemo, and isolating with his mother during the pandemic. Speck helped fill up the hours that would have been spent feeling depressed. Speck is part Australian shepherd who feels that he's needed to herd the kittens and the donkeys. The dog offered love, and laughter at his
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Wow... what a different book for Rick Bragg. Yes, it had its usual laugh-out-loud situations, but it was what I would call a tragicomedy. This book is as much about the hard times Bragg was going through as it was about his terrible, but funny dog Speck. I loved this book; but after reading so many of his books, the overriding emotion I had was sadness for him at this time. As in his other books, Bragg is so honest about his life, and I appreciate so much how he opens up to his audience. To me,
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