num_pages: 289
description: The Sanctuary. High up on the mountain the Sanctuary is a place of refuge. It is a place where humans save dogs who in turn save the humans. It is a place where the past does not exist where hopelessness is chased away where the future hasnt been written where orphans and strays can begin to imagine a new meaning for family.Evie is making her way to the Sanctuary. She has lied to gain entry. She has pretended to know more than she does about dogs but she is learning fast. Once the indomitable Mrs. Auberchon lets her pass she will find her way. Like the racing greyhound who refuses to move the golden retriever who returns to his job as the Sanctuarys butler every time hes adopted and the Rottweiler whos a hopeless candidate for search-and-rescue Evie comes from a troubled past. But as they all learn no one should stay prisoner to a life she didnt choose.This is the story of two women and a whole pack of dogs who having lost their way in the world find a place at a training schooland radical rescue centercalled the Sanctuary. It is a story of strays and rescues kidnappings and homecomings moving on and holding on and letting go. And it is ultimately a moving and hilarious chronicle of the ways in which humans and canines help each other find new lives new selves and new hope.
language: English
title: The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt