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 Kola: What a Pleasant Surprise! Dec 07, 2005
By StanFree
I wasn't sure that I wanted to read this book. I'm not a dog-owner or a dog-lover and I figured that the book would be enjoyed best if I was one or the other. I was wrong. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book right from the opening page because it is a rich human interest story that has wide universal appeal and I unequivocally would recommend it to everyone.
Linda, in her last year of college, wants to adopt a dog, preferably a Golden Retreiver. One day,accompanied by her father and boy-friend, she goes to the local animal shelter in her New England town hoping to do so. Instead, she walks out with a seven month old Siberian Husky female with one blue eye and one brown eye, whom they eventually name Kola. When she asks the attendant why such a beautiful animal had been given up for adoption, his reply was, "She digs holes."
And she does. In the many amusing and interesting episodes that follow, Kola does indeed dig deep holes, both literally & figuratively. No situation is a simple one because this is a unique and special animal and she often gets herself and family into "special" situations. Some are quite comical; some are quite serious and dramatic; all are quite interesting.
The episodes ascend in their substance and intensity. With 35 of them, the reader is taken on a very rich ride of reading enjoyment. For me, it became more and more difficult to put the book down and it wasn't long before I came to its satisfying conclusion.
The author clearly defines the book as a "work of fiction", but based on real people and a real Husky named Kola. Given the attractive mixture of love and tenderness between all of the central characters, both animal and human, this blend of both truth and fiction by the author has resulted in a most pleasurable and engrossing book.
This book should have enormous appeal to people of all ages, interests and backgrounds and I enthusiastically recommend it to everyone!
 Disappointed Jan 18, 2010
By Gloria Morgenstern
I didn't realize this was a fiction novel when I bought it, and having owned huskies for over 20 years, I was expecting more of a "Marley and Me" type of book. After all, huskies are known for getting into all sorts of trouble. I found myself getting annoyed at the ignorance of the owners in continuously letting their huskies off leash. It seems that every time they did (which no husky owner should ever do, even one time!!) the huskies got into trouble, yet they continued to do it. Granted, the book took place in the 1970's when dog parks were unheard of, but I'm sure that 70's huskies had the same prey drive that huskies of the 2000's do - and that it is a very high prey drive.
The timeline didn't make much sense either, as the couple adopted the dog before they got married, had a child 10 years after they married and the book concluded when their daughter was 10, which would have make Kola (the dog) over 20 years old! The book states that their other dog, who was only a year younger than Kola, died two years later (at 21??).
Next time, I'll stick to the amusement that my own huskies provide me with!
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