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The Art of Racing in the Rain

By: Garth Stein
Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
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Publisher's summary

Now a Major Motion Picture from Fox 2000 Starring Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, and Kevin Costner

Meet the Dog Who Will Show the World How to Be Human

The New York Times best-selling novel from Garth Stein - a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope - a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it.

"Splendid." (People)

"The perfect book for anyone who knows that compassion isn’t only for humans, and that the relationship between two souls who are meant for each other never really comes to an end. Every now and then I'm lucky enough to read a novel I can’t stop thinking about: this is one of them." (Jodi Picoult)

"It's impossible not to love Enzo." (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

"This old soul of a dog has much to teach us about being human. I loved this book." (Sara Gruen)

An Audible for Dogs Pick: Make your dog's day. Cesar Millan shares how audiobooks can make dogs happier and calmer. Learn more.
©2008 Bright White Light, LLC (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

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Fantastic

If you have a love for dogs, you will enjoy this story told to you by mans/womans best friend. I laughed, I got mad, I cried. 🥰

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I can't stop thinking about this this book. ------

I've never seen the movie & I probably will not as I felt the I had the most best experience hearing the book. I have pictures & voices in my mind I wouldn't want to spoil by a movie interpratation especially of the dog Enzo. I can't recommend this more highly. The Performance was outstanding.

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A rollercoaster of emotions

Do your soul a favor and listen to this book. Such a beautiful story of a man and his dog and the world they occupy together.

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incredible story, and beautiful

I loved this book. I ordered a hard copy for my library. totally a beautiful and heart warming story.

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If you love dogs, and you love racing.....

I loved this book from beginning to end! It reminds me so much of my relationship with my own dog. It will make you cry, laugh, and cheer. It's one of the best stories about dogs that I've ever read. The author is also actually a real-life racer, and he knows his racing and drivers. The prose is very good, very grown up. This is not a simple story, nor is it simply told. But it is a beautiful, heart-breaking, heart-warming story about how much we love our dogs, and how much they love us.

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The art of listening 😂

I really enjoyed this book. It was very entertaining and will probably listen again! 🐕

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exceptional, one-of-a-kind story

At first I really thought this was going to be a tearful Story from beginning to end oh, I'm glad that I was wrong! This is a wonderful story presented Through The Eyes of a dog. I highly recommend.

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Most beautiful audio book ever

I listened to this book over 4 years ago and can't believe that I didn't immediately write my review. I have thought about the book so many times and will listen to it again when my heart stops beating so hard from the first listening. I never would have believed that a book 'written' by a dog could be so beautiful and that the subject would captivate me so totally.

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Worth the read (listen)

At times, I found the racing portion of the story to be distracting. The ending is absolutely beautiful and worth the read

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Great-easy listening

I enjoyed the narration from his best friend, (dogs), view. There are some great life lessons wrapped up in this easy listening, heart felt story.

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