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Title: Endal
Author: Allen & Sandra Parton
Square: Animal on the cover
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Allen Parton suffered a serious head injury while serving in the Gulf War and returned home unable to walk, talk, or remember most of his life. He couldn’t even remember his wife, Sandra, and their two children. After five years of rehabilitation, he was still severely disabled.
Sandra was a nurse so thought she would be able to help her husband, but the Allen who had returned didn’t remember her, and couldn’t cope with what life had dealt him. Determined to be strong, Sandra would have to fight to keep her family together.
Endal was a Labrador puppy with problems of his own until he ‘adopted’ Allen and Sandra. He was to change their world, and give them back their family.
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Technically this book is a reread for me, but I’d forgotten how much of a rollercoaster it is; it had me genuinely sobbing at the pain the two authors were going through in places and giggling at the antics of the dogs, especially Endal, in others. Plus, the book has several very cute photographs in the middle, including one of Endal using the cashpoint machine, which is what made him famous in the first place!
Fair warning if you decide to read this; Endal actually isn’t in the book for a significant chunk of the first half, which goes through the accident that left Allen in a wheelchair and the first few years of his recovery. But once you get to his first appearance, you’ll probably fall in love with him and his antics even faster than Allen did!
Content warnings for canine euthanasia (discussed only), child loss (discussed only), depression, permanent injury, PTSD, and suicide attempt (unsuccessful).
