To find a writer who understands love and loss so much that he writes it all down so we, his readers, can partially understand as well. Yes, the word means what I think it means. It is so full of love and loss I literally lost it. Some men need their wives and children, and when both are lost, the man is lost. Some men need a steering wheel in their hands to be able to make sense of the world. A racer has to have intelligence on his competition. The same track can race differently even between one race and the next. The hands tell all when you pay attention.Ī racer needs intelligence, not just the kind between the ears, but intelligence about how the track will race that day perhaps it is raining or perhaps it is very hot. Watching a driver's hands would never have occurred to me. How could a book with a title like this be about a dog?Īdmitting it never occurred to me who the narrator would be silly, so I won't.Ĭar racing is not something I ever thought would fascinating as it is in this book. Having taken a quiz about movies with dogs in them, I missed this one. In the end, Enzo holds in his heart the dream that Denny will go on to be a racing champion with his daughter by his side.įor theirs is an extraordinary friendship-one that reminds us all to celebrate the triumph of the human (and canine) spirit. Enzo finds that life is just like being on the racetrack-it isn't simply about going fast.Īpplying the rules of racing to his world, Enzo takes on his family's challenges and emerges a hero.
He learns about racing and the world around him by watching TV and by listening to the words of his best friend, Denny, an up-and-coming race car driver, and Denny's daughter, Zoë, his constant companion. Most dogs love to chase cars, but Enzo longs to race them. In this young readers’ edition of the New York Times bestselling adult novel The Art of Racing in the Rain, meet one funny mutt-Enzo, the lovable dog who tells this story.Įnzo knows he is different from other dogs.
Now a family friendly major motion picture from Fox 2000 Studios-featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, and Kevin Costner as the voice of Enzo the dog!
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