Letters from Angel: A True Story In her Own Words

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Letters from Angel is a true story of a golden retriever/chow mix told in her own words. Her early years were spent in a family in a modest home in suburban New York. She blossomed into a beautiful, loving, energetic companion. When the father in the family continued to abuse her, Angel ran away. She survived for months on the loose, lived off the land, protected by homeless men and women, and her own inherited survival skills.
When winter came, Angel was rescued by the SPCA, who identified her owners and brought her back to be reunited. The mother turned the rescuers away because she believed her husband would continue to abuse Angel. At nine years of age, Angel was taken to a dog shelter, her spirit crushed.
When it appeared that all was lost, Angel was rescued. Her sad life turned into a Cinderella story. A new world opened up for her. Air travel (a funny story), a home that she describes as the biggest dog house in the world, winters on the beach in Florida, living in a New York City apartment, walking in Central Park. Angel tells her story in detail and shares her innermost thoughts on a wide variety of subjects, her reactions to lightning ashes and reworks, tricks on taking medicine, weight control, on and on. And at the end, she writes about the burdens she faced as she grew older. Angels letters are insightful and charming, revealing the inner life of a dog. It is a book for all ages.

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Martin Levin, now counsel at New York City law firm Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, has decades of experience in law and publishing. After years at Grosset & Dunlap and Times-Mirror Book Company, and a term as chairman of the Association of American Publishers, he attended New York Law School at night, and was admitted to the New York bar at the age of 65. In June 1999, Mr. Levin received the highest award for lifetime achievement in publishing given by the Association of American Publishers. He has been a consultant to the Ford Foundation and led the effort in 1991 to create a Russian-language edition of Reader's Digest which continues to publish successfully. In his law practice, Mr. Levin represents sellers and buyers of businesses, and authors. In addition to his regular practice, Mr. Levin teaches publishing law at New York Law School, was a Fellow at Stanford Publishing Course for 32 years and is currently a Resident Fellow at the Yale University Publishing Course. He lives in Rye, New York.