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| Finding Shelter by Emma Lee |
by Emma Lee, a memoir of a year spent helping out at an animal refuge in France. Woven
into her beautifully written (from the heart) account, Emma fills us in on her
early life, explains how she came to be living in France and the events that
occurred that led her to becoming committed to helping out at the refuge.
In places, this is a very funny book and anyone who
has ever owned a dog is likely to be chuckling away and agreeing with her at
some point, even if some of her stories are a bit yucky. However, this is also
a very emotional read too. As Emma cries over the lives some of the dogs have
had, her writing made me cry too. Emma is honest, both with her descriptions of
the glamour, or should that be poo-paddling, of the daily life of a volunteer
at the dog refuge, but also when she talks about her past. Her admission that more
than once her animals have saved her was very moving and she is now giving
back. Emma is on mission, powered by
emotion, grief and compassion, her aim is to get all the oldies at the refuge
adopted. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be going towards updating the
digital technology at the refuge to enable more dogs to find their forever
homes.
I am sure this book will encourage more good people to
take action and help, like Emma and her friends. I’ve known Emma online for a number
of years and even met her a few times, so some of her stories and the people
she writes about were familiar to me, but this is a book all compassionate animal
lovers will enjoy, even the bad bits helped me to understand what goes on in
the refuge world. It is hard, it is sad, but it’s certainly not all bad. Take a
cosy seat with your favourite pet on your lap, a box of tissues to hand, a hot
chocolate ready to drink and curl up with this book today.
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| Refuge de l'Angoumois |
For
those readers who are in the Poitou-Charentes region, the refuge Emma helps at
has an open weekend on the 10th and 11th October and The
Hope Association who raise funds on behalf of many animal charities will be holding
their three day book sale on the 16th to 18th October.
I’ll certainly be at the book sale; it’s an event I never miss.
Finding Shelter: One Girl. One Camera. One Thousand Rescue Animals
is available in ebook format and a link to Amazon can be found below.
is available in ebook format and a link to Amazon can be found below. |
| The Hope Association |
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