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A review by wvteddy
Just Life by Neil Abramson
5.0
I loved this book! I stayed up all night listening to it. I am a dog foster and volunteer with a dog rescue so this book hit close to home. I know the trouble these groups have getting funding and help so I could relate to it.
The word “just” has several meanings. As an adverb it means only or merely. As an adjective it means based on what is morally right and fair. Both are used in this book. Veterinarian Sam Lewis runs a no-kill shelter in a neighborhood that currently has a virus killing children. The CDC has found a possible link to dogs and wants to gather them all up. QCK they call it-Quarantine, Cull, Kill. To the powers that be they are just dogs after all. Sam's helpers are a group of misfits: an abused teen, a recovering addict, a former psychologist who lost her license who is as she says the token fat girl, a priest struggling with dementia and doubting, and his friend a Jewish hardware store owner. They are all, especially the priest, trying to live a just life. They are determined to save the dogs and figure out what is causing the virus. Some may say the plot was predictable and perhaps it was a little but the way it developed held me rapt. The characters developed as the book moved along. Perhaps the most important character was the dogs. Their trust, love, and devotion set the scene for the story as it does for my life.
The word “just” has several meanings. As an adverb it means only or merely. As an adjective it means based on what is morally right and fair. Both are used in this book. Veterinarian Sam Lewis runs a no-kill shelter in a neighborhood that currently has a virus killing children. The CDC has found a possible link to dogs and wants to gather them all up. QCK they call it-Quarantine, Cull, Kill. To the powers that be they are just dogs after all. Sam's helpers are a group of misfits: an abused teen, a recovering addict, a former psychologist who lost her license who is as she says the token fat girl, a priest struggling with dementia and doubting, and his friend a Jewish hardware store owner. They are all, especially the priest, trying to live a just life. They are determined to save the dogs and figure out what is causing the virus. Some may say the plot was predictable and perhaps it was a little but the way it developed held me rapt. The characters developed as the book moved along. Perhaps the most important character was the dogs. Their trust, love, and devotion set the scene for the story as it does for my life.