This book was AMAZING! I read it in 2 days, and could not put it down after I began. I am an animal lover, animal activist, and shelter volunteer, and when I read about this book in Oprah Magazine, I ordered it online immediately. Larry Levin is a great writer, and sounds like a compassionate soul. The amount of care he put in to raising this abused dog was admirable, and just reading his work made me want to know him. Any pet or any human that has come into contact with Larry Levin is lucky! This is a great read for an animal lover, a vegetarian, someone thinking about owning a pet. This book would be ESPECIALLY beneficial for a legislator, so that they could better understand the atrocity of animal abuse and our need for stronger laws to better protect the animals we share this world with. I'll be sending this book in the mail to a friend of mine across the country, because I think she will love it also.