Gemeinhart is referring not only to the choices Mark has


made, but also the choice Jessie has to make about her secret. And about “the other people along the way who have to decide how to help or hamper the boy and his dog, alone in a dark world,” Dan said. Does the dog die, you may question before picking up the


book? Beau is the story’s here, and he must survive in order to save Mark. Favorite passage: Dogs die. But dogs live too. Right up


until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They pro- tect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow.


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Olive, Mabel & Me by Andrew Cotter The Countryman Press, 2020 When the world practically shut down in early 2020, effectively cancelling all sport- ing events, two dogs took an unlikely prominent place in the media. But, you’re reading a dog magazine, so it’s probably not such a farfetched concept to you. Andrew Cotter is one of the lead- ing commentators on the BBC's golf,


rugby, and tennis coverage. He has also worked for ESPN and Eurosport. When sporting events stopped, so too did his line of


work. Andrew, who enjoys hiking and especially mountain climbing, spent more time with his dogs doing just that. On a lark, as he describes it, he turned to his dogs for inspi-


ration, and perhaps to keep his commentating skills from getting too rusty during the downtime. Whatever the two Labrador Retrievers were doing, Cotter did commentary in true sports broad- caster fashion, pitting one dog against the other as only his imag- inative words can do. The videos were posted on Cotter’s YouTube channel and the rest is viral social media history. Ego, Cotter admits, plays a big


Andrew, Mabel & Olive


role in the mind of a broadcaster. “The firm belief that other peo- ple very much need to hear your voice and listen to your opinions,


or, indeed, the desire to try and make people laugh. These are traits that are probably found more in broadcasters than other members of the human race,” writes Cotter. So someone convinced Cotter that he should write a book


about their adventures. But, the fun of Olive and Mabel was watching them be dogs and hearing Andrew describe their antics in his lyrical Scottish accent. How would all of that translate into a book, one may wonder?


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