Bøger af Bill Neel

Bill Neel welcomes you into his life by way of no book ever written; strange to say and comprehend, but this book, the first in a series, takes the reader to old Arkansas in the life of an extraordinary man walking an extraordinary path in life. He is accompanied by his affectional relationship with his pets: Rocky the Boston Terroir, aka. Rocky the Wonder Dog, and Puff: the rescue kitty, all together in there forever home tucked away in the remote beauty of Arkansas: The Land of Opportunity. Sometimes, in reading 'Sooner or Later' one does wonder, "Who rescued who". When classifying the book into its literary genera in one word, say, a story of one man's life, that it would be a simple Biography. But this book is so much more than this; It is historical: in a history of Arkansas, and Wal-Mart that no one knows; it is a memoir of factual stories that focus on certain experiences of The Odd Triple's life together; It is creative nonfiction in snippets, It is poetry in prose, and above all, humorous: Funny fun, meant to entertain and sometimes cause intentional laughter. The Adventures of The Odd Triple are all these things and so much more...

Awhile back, Bill Neel lost his beloved support service dog, a Boston Terrier named Rocky, to an illness. Bill wasn't sure he could bond with another dog, but then a neighbor told him about a family with an extra-hyper dog that they couldn't control. That neighbor told those folks that Bill had just lost a support-service dog, so they called Bill and asked if he'd take their unruly pet. Bill was about to say, "No, I just can't do that right now," but then they said, "He's a Boston Terrier, an older one." Bill thought, Well, I'm an older person, and maybe Cactus and I could grow older together, since I'm in my eighties. That evening, they brought Cactus to Bill's home--and it felt like he'd always lived there. They told Bill to keep Cactus inside, as he might run away. "Oh, was that wrong!" Bill later said. "As time went along he just about caused me to run away." And that's how Cactus and his newfound human gave each other a new leash on life. Don't you just love happy endings?