04488cam a2200409 4500 234623613 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781615730919 1615730915 8f59fe4b-dd25-4566-88ef-795f678b7458 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 310660 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nelson, Pete. I Thought You Were Dead [Libby Audiobook]. HighBridge Company, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 211MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 211MB. HTML:For Paul Gustavson, a hack writer for the wildly popular For Morons series, life is a succession of obstacles. His wife has left him, his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, his girlfriend is dating another man, he has impotency issues, and his overachieving brother invested his parents' money in stocks that tanked. Still, Paul has his friends at Bay State bar, a steady line of cocktails, and a new pair of running shoes (he' s promised himself to get in shape). And then there' s Stella, the one constant in his life, who gives him sage advice, doesn' t judge him, and gives him unconditional love. However, Stella won' t accompany Paul into his favorite dive bar. " I' ll roll on dead carp, I' ll even eat cat turds, but that place grosses me out." Stella, you see, is Paul' s aging Lab-shepherd mix, and she knows Paul better than he knows himself. In I Thought You Were Dead, author Pete Nelson delivers a novel that is all at once heartwarming, heartbreaking, and heart-wrenchingly funny. Most of all, it' s a story that proves that when a good dog is by your side—especially one with whom you can have an engaging conversation—life can be full of surprises.. Josh Clark portrays the dog Stella with enthusiasm contrasted with a bit of aloofness, a blend that makes her character the most successful in his narration. The rest of his performance isn't as compelling. Clark has a slightly raspy voice that can work well but sounds misplaced for the story's main character, Paul Gustavson, a soppy, out-of-shape writer who's trying to turn around his life after his father has a debilitating stroke. Filled with insecurity and uncertainty, Paul blusters his way through his work, love life, and dealings with his family until he crumbles and begins communicating with his barely functioning father--who provides an obvious but pat solution to Paul's problems. Clark's voice simply isn't whiny enough for Paul's character. L.E. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. "This book will make you laugh, cry, and want a dog you can really talk to. . . .The fact that Pete Nelson can tell such a story without making the narrator's charming talking dog seem unusual is proof of his power as a writer.". HTML:Wyn Cooper, poet and author of Postcards from the Interior. "A brilliantly funny, highly original, and heartfelt.". HTML:Mary Helen Stefaniak, author of The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. "A cunning and completely winning novel. . . . You will fall in love.". HTML:Susan Cheever, author of American Bloomsbury. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. Clark, Josh. ©2010 Pete Nelson. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8f59fe4b-dd25-4566-88ef-795f678b7458 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1294-1/310660-IThoughtYouWereDead.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/310660-IThoughtYouWereDead.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8F59FE4B-DD25-4566-88EF-795F678B7458&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1294-1/310660-IThoughtYouWereDead.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/310660-IThoughtYouWereDead.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8F59FE4B-DD25-4566-88EF-795F678B7458&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)