A MAN OF HIS OWN

Book ID/图书代码： 06830013B63736

English Summary/英文概要： Rick Stanton was a promising professional baseball player with dreams of playing in the major leagues and starting a family with his young wife, Francesca, when World War II changed everything. Rick returns from the war with his body broken and his dreams shattered. But it was not just body and spirit he sacrificed for the war. He and Francesca volunteered their beloved dog, Pax, for the Army’s K-9 Corp, not knowing if they’d ever see him again.

Keller Nicholson is the soldier who fought the war with Pax by his side, and the two have the kind of profound bond that can only be forged in war. Pax is the closest Keller has to a sense of family, and he can’t bear the thought of returning him to the Stantons. But Rick and Francesca refuse to give him up. Instead, an arrangement is made: Keller will work as Rick’s live-in aide. And thus an unlikely family is formed, with steadfast Pax at the center. As they try to build a new life out of the ashes, Keller and Francesca struggle to ignore their growing attraction to each other, and Rick, believing that he can no longer give Francesca what she needs and wants, quietly plans a way out.

All three of them need healing. All three of them are lost. And in Susan Wilson’s A Man of His Own, Pax, with his unconditional love and unwavering loyalty, may be the only one who can guide them home.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 里奇斯坦顿是一位前途无量的职业棒球运动员，他在梦想着自己能在职业大联盟崭露头角，和年轻的妻子弗朗西斯卡一起成家，而二战的爆发改变了他一切的梦想。里奇带着伤残的肢体和破碎的梦想从战场回来。里奇为这场世界大战奉献的不仅是自己的身躯和精神。他和弗朗西斯卡还自愿为美国K-9榴弹炮军团献出了爱犬帕克斯，他们不知有朝一日是否还能再见到自家的爱犬。

凯勒尼克尔森是与帕克斯一起并肩战斗的士兵，一人一狗在战火纷飞中建立了深厚的袍泽情谊。派克斯已成为了凯勒不可或缺的一位家人，他实在不舍要将狗儿送还给斯坦顿。但里奇和弗朗西斯卡不愿就此放弃爱犬。相反夫妇俩拟定了一个计划：凯勒将会担任里奇的住家助理。由此以帕克斯为恒定不变的中心，所组成的一个临时家庭。正当他们试图要从废墟中重新开始新的生活时，凯勒和弗朗西斯卡却在努力无视彼此间两人日益渐生的好感，而将这一切看在眼里的里奇，觉得他已经不能再给予弗朗西斯卡什么了，暗自为三人的将来作出了一个规划。

这三个人的心灵都需要抚慰。三个人都怅然若失。而在苏珊威尔逊的这个故事里，帕克斯，以他无私的爱和坚定的忠诚，可能是唯一一个指引三位主人找到家的灵犬了。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：“With her latest novel, Wilson offers up a sort of War Horse for dog-lovers.” –Booklist

“A Nicholas Sparks - ian romantic drama, with an “everyone loves a dog” twist.” –Kirkus Reviews

Rick Stanton and his devoted wife, Francesca, are a young couple with a bright future and a very special dog named Pax. When Rick, a once promising professional athlete, is injured in World War II, their lives are changed forever. They sacrificed much for the war, including their loyal Pax whom they volunteered to the Army’s K-9 unit. When Keller, a dutiful soldier who fought heroically alongside Pax, arrives with their beloved dog, he is hoping the Stantons will allow him to adopt his war buddy. Instead, he’s invited into their home, and their lives, and an unlikely family is formed. Now in close quarters, Francesca and Keller struggle to resist their growing attraction to one another, and it seems inevitable that Rick must make yet another sacrifice. In the end, Pax, with his unconditional love, canine sensibilities, and unwavering loyalty, may be the only one who can provide the healing and guidance they need.

From the New York Times bestselling author of THE DOG WHO DANCED and ONE GOOD DOG, comes a novel about one very special dog and the human lives he touches.

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