by Helen Griffiths
Story of a stray dog, born in a derelict house and living on the streets. Only two puppies survive out of her littermates. She has a rough start. Most people ignore stray dogs in the poor neighborhood where she lives. Some children chase and torment them, others are kind and try to befriend them. One boy tries to take in the puppy, but his mother won\’t let him bring her indoors, he ties her up outside until the neighbors complain, then he has to get rid of her. He asks a friend to have his dad drive her to a distant part of town and dump her there. She\’s bewildered by the change, but eventually takes up with a group of dogs that hangs around a gypsy camp, attaching herself to another young boy. The dog is content living with them for nearly a year. When he leaves for a distant opportunity she\’s left behind, having a litter of pups to care for (an earlier litter she bore died quickly from cold exposure). After her puppies are grown and dispersed she wanders off looking for the boy and never finds him but befriends a lonely old man who spends most of his days sitting on a park bench. He can\’t keep her though, and when he dies, his daughter drives the dog away from the vicinity. She wanders off bereft again, and eventually starts hanging around with a pair of dogs that live at a construction site. The workers like the dogs there because they bark at night scaring off would-be thieves; children and a few kind-hearted adults in the apartments nearby feed them scraps. Here the dog finds acceptance at last- some children become very fond of her and eventually their family takes her in. It is a long gradual process though, because all her past experiences – being beaten, chased and otherwise abused at different points in her life on the streets- makes her very wary of getting close to people again.
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Greetings! My name is Rodney Earle, and I am the President and CEO of Concordis Publishing in Hollywood, California. Your wish is our command. We recently acquired the rights to all 24 titles that Helen Griffiths penned, and we would very much like to send you a copy as each for free as they are published. The first is slated for April 1, 2022 (The Dark Swallows), and then two are slated for release on July 24th, 2022 (Just a Dog and The Greyhound).
If you would kindly connect with us, we will happily send you a free copy of each title as we publish them. Twenty-four titles will take a few years, but we are determined to bring all of Helen’s books back into publication in all forms. We thank you for your support, and we commend you on your diary and your kind words about “Just a Dog.” There is a rather long story about that title which we will happily share with you. Thank you for your kindness, and we are quite happy that you have enjoyed Helen’s works so far.
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