JOHN AND GEORGE: THE DOG WHO CHANGED MY LIFE

Book ID/图书代码： 06495014B70219

English Summary/英文概要： The incredible true story of how one man turned his life around through the companionship of his best friend.

For years, John Dolan had been living rough, trying his best to get by. Born and bred on the estates of east London, his early life was marked by neglect and abuse, and his childhood gift for drawing was stamped out by the tough realities outside his front door. As he grew older, he found himself turning to petty crime to support himself and ended up in prison. On coming out, with a record and no trade, he soon found himself on the streets, surviving day-by-day, living hand-to-mouth.

It wasn’t until he met George, a tearaway Staffy puppy, that his life changed for the better. To begin with, George was a handful: he had been abused himself and was scared of human contact. But in a matter of weeks. John and George had become inseparable. It was then that John decided to pick up his long-forgotten gift for drawing, sitting on Shoreditch High Street for hours at a time, sketching pictures of George which he would sell to passers-by. With his best friend by his side, and a pencil in his hand, John suddenly found his life’s calling.

Last autumn, John put on his first gallery show just across the road from where he had sat and sketched for three years. It sold out. Now, John and George are no longer homeless and live just around the corner from where they first met on the streets.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一个令人难以置信的真实故事，关于一个男人如何通过最好朋友的陪伴而改变了生活。

多年来，约翰•多兰一直生活粗糙，试图用最好的状态过日子。他在伦敦东部的庄园出生长大，他的童年充满了忽视和虐待，他年少时绘画的天赋夭折在现实的艰难中。随着年龄的增长，他发现靠小偷小摸养活自己的生活将在在监狱里终结。出狱后，他身上除了一本档案什么都没有，只能在街头勉强维持生活。

这一切直到他遇见了乔治才结束，乔治是一只流浪的小狗，从那以后他的生活变好了。刚开始，乔治是一个小不点，因为被虐待过，它很害怕人类的接触。但几周后，约翰和乔治已经变得密不可分了。就在那时，约翰决定拿起他遗忘已久的天赋—绘画，有时他在肖迪奇高街坐好几个小时，把乔治的素描画卖给路人。最好的朋友在身旁，画笔在手中，约翰突然找到了自己生命中的希望。

去年秋天，约翰在他坐了三年，画了三年的街道上举行了第一个画展。画很快就被卖完了。现在，约翰和乔治不再是无家可归了，他们住在第一次相遇的街道的拐角处。（LNL）

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About the Author/作者介绍： John Dolan is a critically-acclaimed artist living and working in Shoreditch, east London. For the past three years he and his dog George have sat out on Shoreditch High Street, while John sketched the world around him. Some of his sketches formed part of John’s first solo show, George The Dog, John the Artist, which was a sell out in September 2013.

Format:照片

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：South Korean 韓國版權已售,目前版權已售5國
US (The Overlook Press), German (C Bertelsmann), Korean (The Dong-A Ilbo), Spanish (Grijalbo), Brazil (Editorial Rocco), Hungarian (Gabo Kiado).

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