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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Linda or Allen Anderson
PH:
952-925-3309
PH: 612-770-7971 (Cell)
Fax: 952-925-4729
www.angelanimals.net,
www.dogsandthewomenwholovethem.com
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
I Am Woman, Hear Me Bark
Award-winning Minneapolis authors show in their new book,
Dogs & the Women Who Love Them, that
women can do remarkable things when a dog becomes their BFF.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 27, 2010 — A Dallas
woman makes a difference in the lives of disabled veterans with the help of a
black Lab as star dog trainer (and winds up on David Letterman). A Michigan
woman mobilizes an entire community plus a helpful rabbit because her lost
rescued dog has captured their hearts.
A New Orleans businesswoman turns a dog-fighting pit bull into a
gentle poster boy for paraplegic animals to rehabilitate other handicapped dogs.
A Los Angeles public relations firm president realized a childhood dream of
becoming Santa’s lead reindeer Rudolph because a childhood dog let her put
lipstick on his nose.
These true case studies show women accomplishing great things when
a canine companion lights up their lives. They, and many more, are featured in
Allen and Linda Anderson’s new book Dogs and the Women Who Love Them:
Extraordinary True Stories of Loyalty, Healing, and Inspiration (November 10,
2010, New World Library) with a foreword by #1 New York Times best-selling
author Rory Freedman. She
says, “This book will open your heart, warm your soul, and make you proud to be
a dog-loving woman.” www.dogsandthewomenwholovethem.com
O
Magazine recommended Dogs and the Women Who Love Them, and it’s on the Oprah.com
website. Betty White, Wendie Malick, Vanessa Williams, and American Humane
Association, among others endorsed the book.
According to Linda Anderson, “We’ve been able to identify major
life milestones that women can achieve so much easier with the love and loyalty
of a canine companion. Because dogs opened their hearts to love and their minds
to possibilities, the women in this book healed from life-threatening illnesses,
started new careers or missions, pulled entire groups together for a common
good, learned to love again, chose better mates and dates, transformed the lives
of children and people with disabilities, brought joy and comfort to the elderly
and ill, and laughed when they felt like crying.”
The Andersons and contributing authors, Sage Lewis, Jenny Pavlovic,
and Janet Ballard (nationally recognized K-9 trainer for detector dogs at
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport), are launching Dogs and the Women
Who Love Them at bookstores in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnetonka, St. Cloud, and
Stillwater, Minnesota.
The book events will include a photo look-alike contest with
prizes. Women can enter the contest by bringing pictures of themselves posing
side-by-side with their dogs.
Linda Anderson and her
look-alike pose
with Leaf Anderson, a rescued cocker
spaniel
The Andersons will
take their message on the road in a “drive-by” tour, stopping for presentations
at bookstores in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Naperville, Illinois where
contributing author Rosanne Nordstrom will join them.
In addition to hosting
the dog-woman look-alike contest at each event, the Andersons are inviting local
animal rescue organizations to bring printed material and speak about the work
they do to save dogs’ lives. They also hope dog lovers will bring photos and
share stories about dog-women relationships that astound with their devotion and
enjoyment.
Other amazing women
who have contributed their stories to the book will do events in Los Angeles,
New Orleans, Houston, Tempe, Arizona, Tampa, and upstate New York. For more
information about book events go to
www.dogsandthewomenwholovethem.com/calendar.html.
Additional Highlights of the
Book
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Miguel, a Newfoundland-Labrador mix
introduced an impoverished child to Rosanne Nordstrom, a resourceful woman who
became like a mother to him; their new family serves as Chicago’s version of the
popular movie The Blind Side -- plus a dog who brought people from entirely
different cultural and ethnic backgrounds together in unselfish
love.
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Euri, a loving Engllish cocker
spaniel, inspired Houston’s Bobbi Leder to become a dog writer columnist and
miraculously healed her of a chronic illness.
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Beau, a rescued black Lab became
“co-founder” of Patriot PAWS, a Texas nonprofit that Lori Stevens started to
train service dogs for disabled veterans; Beau was featured on NBC Nightly News,
Late Night with David Letterman, and Animal Planet.
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Major, an abused and neglected
German shepherd, saved the life of national-award winning police dog trainer
Janet Koch Ballard while serving as her K-9 partner.
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McDuff, a Scottish terrier, turned
Judy McFadden into his soul mate as the dog brought healing pet therapy to
Henderson, Nevada’s most severely disabled residents.
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Frankie, a dachshund in a doggie
wheelchair, inspired Barbara Techel to write award-winning children’s books; she
designed a school campaign with Frankie to help children appreciate differences
in each other
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Buster Dawn, a rescued pit bull-mix,
taught Los Angeles Times and Washington Post contributing writer and
author Karen Dawn to grieve without apologies for a dog family
member
Karen Holt,
reviewing the book for O Magazine says, “The rescuing works both ways. . .as
canines who've suffered abuse, neglect, or misfortune seek and comfort humans
who've endured the same."
About Allen and Linda Anderson and the Angel Animals
Network
In 1996, Allen and Linda Anderson founded the Angel Animals Network
– Where Pets Are Family to use the power of stories to increase love and respect
for all life. They have written a popular, award-winning series of thirteen
animal books and have sold over a quarter-million books. In 2007 they won the
American Society of Journalists & Authors Outstanding Book Award for
Rescued: Saving Animals from Disaster. Their work has been featured in national
wire service articles, NPR, ABC Nightly News, USA Today, the
Washington Post, Animal Planet, the Montel Williams Show, the
Today Show, and BBC radio. They donate a portion of proceeds from their
books to animal welfare organizations. Allen and Linda live in Minneapolis in
controlled chaos with a rescued dog, 2 rescued cats, and a cockatiel who says,
“I love you, sweet baby.”
For
high-resolution photos, contact Allen or Linda Anderson at angelanimals@aol.com.
Dogs and the Women Who Love
Them:
Extraordinary True Stories of Loyalty, Healing, and Inspiration
By
Allen and Linda Anderson
· Foreword by Rory Freedman
$14.95 · 256 pages · ISBN:
978-1-57731-692-3
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Scheduled Book
Launch Events for Dogs and the Women Who Love Them
Barnes & Noble, 3940 Division St., St. Cloud, MN 56301, 320-251-4537, Wednesday, November 3, 7:00 pm
Garrison Keillor’s Common Good Books, 165 Western Ave. No., Ste. 14, St. Paul, MN 5510, 651-225-8989, Thursday, November 4, 7:30 pm
Border’s, 1501 Plymouth Rd, Minnetonka, MN 55305, 952-595-0977, Saturday, November 6, 2:00 pm
A Room of One's Own, 307 W. Johnson St, Madison, WI 53703, 608-257-7888, Tuesday, November 9, 6:30 pm
Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211, 414-332-1181, Wednesday, November 10, 7:00 pm
Anderson's Bookshop, 123 West Jefferson Ave. Naperville, IL 60540, 630-355-2665, Thursday, November 11, 7:00 pm
True Colors Bookstore, 4755 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55407, 612-821-9630, Tuesday, November 16, 6:30 pm
The Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St. St. Paul, MN 55101, 651-228-9274, Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 7:00 pm
Valley Bookseller, 217 Main St. No., Stillwater, MN 55082, 651-430-3385, Thursday, November 18, 6:00 pm
www.dogsandthewomenwholovethem.com
All events
benefit local rescue groups and animal organizations.
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