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BESSIE’S STORY - Watching the Lights Go Out is an inspiring story about a charming, brave, unpretentious chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight. The author chronologically leads the reader from the original diagnosis of terminal blindness for his beloved four-year-old pet through the two-and-a-half-year transition to sightlessness. In the process, Bessie unwittingly becomes an expert mentor and teacher for the high-wire act of growing older with grace and optimism.
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In support of independent bookstores, BESSIE’S STORY - Watching the Lights Go Out is available at Violet’s Book Exchange (Claremont, NH), Morgan Hill Bookstore (New London, NH), Gibson's Bookstore (Concord, NH), The Toadstool Bookshop (Keene, NH) The Yankee Bookshop (Woodstock, VT), The Norwich Bookstore (Norwich, VT), Village Square Booksellers (Bellows Falls, VT), Phoenix Books at Misty Valley (Chester, VT) The Book Nook (Ludlow, VT) Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA) and The Hickory Stick Bookshop (Washington Depot, CT).
Please contact the author at (bessiesstory@gmail.com) to schedule a presentation or have personalized/autographed copies delivered locally or mailed.
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BESSIE’S STORY - Watching the Lights Go Out is an inspiring story about a charming, brave, unpretentious chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight.
BESSIE’S STORY - Watching the Lights Go Out has been endorsed by NEADS, Inc. an organization that raises, trains and places World Class Service Dogs with individuals with hearing loss or a physical disability, veterans and children with autism or other developmental disabilities. Schools that host a visit from Bessie and a book discussion are encouraged to make a donation to NEADS. To show its appreciation NEADS recently named one of the puppies in their Service Dog training program BESSIE.
Learn more at www.neads.org.