About the Author
Nick Trout graduated from veterinary school at the University of Cambridge in 1989. He is a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons and is a staff surgeon at the prestigious Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston. He is the author of three non-fiction books, the New show more York Times bestseller, Tell Me Where It Hurts, Love is the Best Medicine, and Ever By My Side. His first novel, The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs became a Boston Globe bestseller and a bestseller in Australia. He writes the Second Opinion column for The Bark magazine and his latest book, Dog Gone, Back Soon, the second in the Bedside Manor series, was published by Hyperion, in 2014. Nick¿s writing has been translated into over a dozen languages and his books sell in more than thirty different countries around the world. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 20th Century
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- UK
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- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- University of Cambridge
- Occupations
- veterinarian
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I automatically felt like this would be a very interesting story, with the love of Jasper, the cystic fibrosis boy, and Whistler, the abused dog who was looking for his forever home. I was in dread the first 3/4 of the book. It seemed like with all the bad news and turns of events, that there was no way anything good or happy could come out of it. Dr. Kate Blunt, Jasper's mom, was experiencing all kinds of stress from being a single working mom trying to help a struggling veterinary business and raising a cystic fibrosis son who needed all kinds of medical attention and care. Without giving away any major spoilers, the turn of events that happened toward the end of the book that brought positivity and joy to all of them was so heart-warming. The ONLY complaint I had was that the name Jasper reminds me of the name of a dog, and not a boy, and I had to remind myself that I was reading about the boy's thoughts and not the dog's thoughts. Middle school students would love this book. Themes of pet ownership, companionship, seeing beyond the pain in others, etc... makes this a great literary work to discuss and debate.… (more)
Kind of slow going, and the lack of communication between the characters at times was annoying.
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The author makes a few comparisons between himself and Herriot. About the only one I agree with is they were both citizens of the UK. Trout’s stories, while entertaining, are detached and cool; what I would expect from a surgeon - technical skill without sentiment.
His stories lack the emotional connection so brilliantly shared by Herriot. Perhaps, it is more a reflection of Trout’s specialty or the environment he works in. But I found his story less heartwarming and missing that crucial element of a vet who likes people as much as he does their animals.… (more)