A Dog's Perfect Christmas, by W. Bruce Cameron (Forge Trade, 304pp, 2022, $14.99PB) Review by Skye Anderson
Social Dramas, Teenager Style
Everything happens to this family - mom gets sick, dad has job problems, 8th grade daughter hates everything and everybody at the drop of a hat (typical moody teen), grandpa is still mourning grandma after two years, grandpa's old dog . . . .what could possibly make for a dog's perfect Christmas? Well, there is time since our saga opens in November when everything breaks loose: friends no longer, a hospitalization, grandpa's new lady friends (three), and more - much more.
Grandpa Sander, father Hunter, mother Juliana, teen Ello (Eloise), 3-year-old twin boys Garrett and Ewan, old dog Winstead and puppy Ruby, and would you believe author Bruce Cameron dedicated this book to Eloise, Garrett and Ewan? But it is fiction! I wonder if Sander and Hunter and Juliana are the author's relatives, too - in name only, of course. And what about his other books?
Perfect Christmas is a fast easy read with characters you really get to know and love, including Winstead, the old dog, and what he understands. And doesn't.
A Classic
W. Bruce Cameron's books are modern-day classics: he is a classy classic himself - a true dog lover who understands dogs and the people who love them. As a matter of fact, he has donated to more than 300 shelters and rescues, and you could spend all day on his website.
Cameron is prolific, the author of 15 books for adults, 10 books in the Puppy Tales category like Ellie's Story, 7 Lily to the Rescue books, 6 in A Dog's Purpose titles plus The Repro Madness series and other fiction and humor books!
And, did you know he wrote Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter?
From a Book Reviewer
I am the rare person who reads the dedication and the introduction and the preface and the acknowledgements, and looks at the notes and the index and even the pre-publication quotes from other authors and reviewers.
You, dear reader, simply must read the Acknowledgements in the back of this book - absolutely funny and explains a lot.
This reviewer has read and watched several of Cameron's works and find them to be somewhat spotty in quality as a whole. The good ones are very good, though - classics even. This book will keep you guessing for a long time even if the turning point is a bit unbelievable, but, after all, this is for Christmas, right?
DogEvals reviews here so far (and my goal is to read the rest of the books!):
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