One Good Dog

By: Susan Wilson

Narrated by: Fred Berman, Rick Adamson

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Adam March is a self-made “Master of the Universe”. He has it all: the beautiful wife, the high-powered job, the glittering circle of friends. But there is a price to be paid for all these trappings, and the pressure is mounting—until the day Adam makes a fatal mistake. His assistant leaves him a message with three words: your sister called. What no one knows is that Adam’s sister has been missing for decades...that she represents the excruciatingly painful past he has left behind...and that her absence has secretly tormented him all these years. When his assistant brushes off his request for an explanation in favor of her more pressing personal call, Adam loses it. And all hell breaks loose.

Adam is escorted from the building. He loses his job. He loses his wife. He loses the life he’s worked so hard to achieve. He doesn’t believe it is possible to sink any lower when he is assigned to work in a soup kitchen as a form of community service.

But unbeknownst to Adam, this is where his life will intersect with Chance. Chance is a mixed breed Pit Bull. He’s been born and raised to fight and seldom leaves the dirty basement where he is kept between fights. But Chance is not a victim or a monster. It is Chance’s unique spirit that helps him escape and puts him in the path of Adam. What transpires is the story of one man, one dog, and how they save each other—in ways they never could have expected.

©2010 Susan Wilson (P)2010 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"Chance tells his story in his own words, which makes his mistreatment and return to the fighting pit powerfully disturbing. Combined with Wilson's unflinching portrayal of Adam's struggle to overcome his past, Old Yeller's got nothing on this very good man and his dog story." ( Publishers Weekly)

Loved how this book included the dog's perspective

This book had me laughing, worried, angry, sad, relieved... I really liked it. Perfect voice for the dog.

Loves this author.

Susan Wilson and Charles Martin are my two favorite authors. It's like their writing biographies not fiction.

Pretty powerful story

I am a sucker for a dog story, but this one is about man and dog, lost and found, a story of losing everything and finding more than you ever had. I was impressed with it all...the story, the narrator and all. Not a farfetched story, a heart stopper at times, and tissues for the tears that will travel down your face. I will re-read it one day, and that is a top review from this listener.

A Tail Worth Reading and Wagging

We listened to this on a road trip -- the miles and hours flew by! The parallel between human and canine metamorphosis is written and delivered in an unique fashion. You will laugh, worry, and wonder!!

Fantastic

Wow....what a good book...from the very beginning you were drawn in and just kept getting better and better as you got into it. Really makes you stop and think about your own life...you can put yourself in the character....and hopefully come out a better person, LOVED LOVED LOVED the ending....this is a must read book!

A Story of Salvation

This story was another reminder that dogs who have been given the name or description of "pitbull" have been done a serious injustice in our society. I really appreciated Chance's story from his point of view; pretty unique as dog stories go. It was an excellent example of how humans can evolve to appreciate and even love animals when they start out being pretty ignorant. Great story as I've come to expect from Susan Wilson. The excellent narration just provides another enjoyable dimension to her work.

Yes, just yes

Not quite the Last Dog on Earth (I mean Lineker with the cockney accent?!?! No comparison). If narration had been as good the story was about of equal dignity

Good

This was a good story but for me it was pretty predictable. I will still listen to the sequel though.

An amazing story - I highly recommend this story.

It took me a little while to really feel connected to the main “human” character. It was difficult to like him at first, but of course that was the idea. His development through the story keeps the reader wondering just where he will end up.
Susan Wilson is a talented author. The characters were realistic and it was easy to visualize each scene.
Both narrators did a great job and gave their character distinctive voices.
I plan to finish this review and go buy her next book.
I loved the bittersweet ending.

Jan Anderegg
(Author of ‘Julu’ - Book One in the Julu Series)

Great narration!

When I started this book, I didn't think that I would enjoy it as much as the other books I read that center around dogs. I thought that the story would center too much around the owner of the dog but I was pleasantly surprised. It did take a while to see the bond between man and dog form but the story helped explain why that is. All in all, I enjoyed the story and appreciated the switch of narrators between man and dog. This gave me insight into both the man's and the dog's perspective. As I listened to the story, the narrators did a great job of giving life to the variety of characters in the story. Once again, I would recommend this story to animal lover's everywhere.