MaxDog

Author:Caryl Moll

MAXDOG is the story of a Golden Retriever who becomes a rock of emotional support for his owner after she faces a series of devastating life events that plunge her into deep depression. Years later, the tables are turned and roles are reversed when Max is diagnosed with a cancer that will soon take his life. In her journey to personal healing, Max's owner rediscovers her love of writing and begins an inspirational internet blog sharing Max's final months with her readers. MAXDOG of South Africa, the blog, captures a world-wide audience, giving Max's owner new purpose and direction in her life.

MAXDOG is filled with laughter, tears and bittersweet moments that will pull the reader into its pages. This heart warming tale is testimony to the enduring power of the human spirit, and the unconditional love shared between a Golden Retriever and its owner.

About the author:

Caryl Moll is a stay-at-home mom who has a degree in commerce and worked briefly in human resources, but has elected to be a homemaker for the past 24 years. She is happily married and lives with her husband, two daughters and three dogs, in the middle-class suburb of Randparkridge, Johannesburg, South Africa.

She is an animal lover and has owned dogs all her life. She has also been involved in the serious training and showing of my dogs for the past ten years. This year, she trained her current dog – TOBY – also a Golden Retriever, for a part in a high-school stage production of the Broadway musical Annie. (Presented by Randburg Hoerskool, at the UJ Theatre in May 2011).

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