The Underdogs by Melissa Fay Greene7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. The Underdogs tells the story of Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, who was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was "too disabled." Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Science Fiction & Fantasy - Available Nowįrom two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder. ![]() Armchair Explorers for Children and Teens. ![]()
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