A Dog Called Hope: A Wounded Warrior and the Service Dog Who Saved Him
Journals and memoirs, Animals and wildlife
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Lone Survivor meets Marley & Me in this &“inspiring and very moving&” (Bear Grylls, host of the hit TV show Man vs. Wild) memoir of an extraordinary service dog whose enduring love brought a wounded soldier back to life.A decade… ago, special forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an antinarcotics raid. He&’d served with the famous Night Stalkers on countless such missions. This one was different. Months later, he regained consciousness in a U.S. military hospital with no memory of how he&’d gotten there. The first words he heard were from his surgeon telling him he would never walk again. The determined soldier responded, &“Sir, yes, I will.&”After multiple surgeries, unbearable chronic pain, and numerous setbacks, Morgan was finally making progress when his wife left him and their three young sons. He was a single father confined to a wheelchair and tortured by his pain. At this very dark, very low point, Morgan found light: Napal, the black Labrador who would change his life forever.A Dog Called Hope is the incredible story of a service dog who brought a devastated warrior back from the brink and taught him how to be a true father. It is the story of Napal, who built bridges between his wheelchair-bound battle buddy and the rest of able-bodied humankind. It is the story of Jason, who found life&’s true meaning with the help of his faithful companion. Humorous, intensely moving, and uplifting, Jason and Napal&’s heartwarming tale will brighten any day and lift every heart.