“This will be his earliest memory. Red light, morning light. After a series of miscarriages, Trudy gives birth to Edgar. They have developed and sell to approved buyers a very special breed of dog, a type of dog very nearly human in terms of communication ability. Trudy and Gar Sawtelle live in Wisconsin. To date, it’s the only book Wroblewski has published. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski’s debut novel, was published in 2008 and became an international bestseller. But since today, August 26, is “National Dog Day,” I thought it would be a good time to revisit The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. The fact that Oprah chose it for one of her book club recommendations didn’t stir me to buy it in fact, I didn’t even know Oprah had chosen it for her book club until I began writing this blog post. I have recommended it to friends, loaned it to my fiancé’s son and give it a place of honor on my book shelf. Sustained by a momentum that has the crushing inevitability of fate, the propulsive narrative will have readers sucked in all the way through the breathtaking final scenes.Several years ago, I read a beautiful, haunting, mesmerizing book about a boy and his dogs. His quest for safety and succor provides a classic coming-of-age story with an ironic twist. After another gut-wrenching tragedy, Edgar goes on the run, accompanied by three loyal dogs. His guilt and grief give way to the realization that his father was murdered here, the resemblance to Hamlet When Gar unexpectedly dies, mute Edgar cannot summon help via the telephone.
Raising them is an arduous life, but a satisfying one for the family until Gar's brother, Claude, a mystifying mixture of charm and menace, arrives.
Edgar, born mute, has developed a special relationship and a unique means of communicating with Almondine, one of the Sawtelle dogs, a fictional breed distinguished by personality, temperament and the dogs' ability to intuit commands and to make decisions.
In the backwoods of Wisconsin, the Sawtelle family-Gar, Trudy and their young son, Edgar-carry on the family business of breeding and training dogs. A literary thriller with commercial legs, this stunning debut is bound to be a bestseller.
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