Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth): A Memoir

By Markus Zusak

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WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

Now in paperback, this poignant, funny, and brutally honest memoir by one of the world's most beloved storytellers, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells the story of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs--a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of dogs, family.

There's a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us . . . It's love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things.

What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogs--Reuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, destructive; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?

The answer can only be chaos: There are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to be believed.

There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love--and the joy and recognition of family.

Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) is a tender, motley, and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder, a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty--but also the visceral truth of the natural world--straight to our doors and into our lives and change us forever.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063426072
• ISBN13: 9780063426078
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"