Memoir of a Park Avenue Basset Hound

<p>From a humble basset hound breeding farm in New Jersey to high-end Park Avenue domicile and beyond author Peter Rowley serves up a charmingly picaresque view of the world as perceived thirteen inches off the ground by lovable floppy-eared protagonist Amelia. In <em>Memoir of a Park Avenue Basset Hound</em> fate smiles upon this all-seeing pooch when she barely manages to slip into this world while tragically losing her mother and siblings. As she grows no detail escapes her sad-eyed sardonic scrutiny as she candidly shares cravings and passions personal philosophy and her yearning for four-legged companionship. And of course comes the day that Bo--an endearing male cockerpoo weighing all of six pounds--enters the life of sixty-five-pound Amelia instantly triggering a seismic retilting of her universe.</p><em>Memoir of a Park Avenue Basset Hound</em> narrates a delightful story about Amelia's clear-eyed gaining of wisdom her doting family and her gratitude for a second chance at life in the never-a-dull-moment Rowley household. It offers a renewed insight and appreciation of man's best friend.</p><p>In this hilarious and touching memoir Peter Rowley remains unquestionably one of the most surprisingly unsung writers amongst New York literati--and once again he dazzles us.<br />- Armand Assante</p>