num_pages: 256
description: The last thing Nancy Ellis-Bell expected to descend on her life was a neglected too-tall smart-mouthed one-legged blue-and-gold rescue macaw named Peg Leg. And yet it made perfect sense. A lifelong animal lover Nancy could never turn away a stray cat dog squirrel or raccoon from her California farm. But the macaw quickly rechristened Sarah was a whole new challenge as Nancy her husband Kerry and their furry menagerie would find out.Initially timid of her new surroundings Sarah soon imposed her four-foot wingspan into the family homesteadfirst claiming the laundry basket then conquering a prized dresserand achieved complete household domination. Nancy couldnt bird-proof the place fast enough and it was not long before Sarah started stealing the dogs toysusing her enormous beak to disembowel Ben the mutts treasured stuffed bearand bathing her richly hued feathers in their water bowl. She also peppered Nancys phone conversations with expletive-laden outbursts. There seemed no end to Sarahs realm nor her destruction and it dawned on Nancy that the entire house had slowly transformed into a birdcage.On the other side of the coin Sarah started to abandon her own raptor instincts when she discovered that dog food was pretty tasty and that she had a knack for barking (and a few other sounds that alarmed the neighbors). As they all learned to live together Nancy marveled that Sarah had truly found a place to call home but she sensed that there was something she could give Sarah to make her feel more complete: a chance to fly again.Touching eye-opening and laugh-out-loud funny The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog is a tender tale of two worlds colliding two lives enriched and two souls restored. It is also a rewarding reminder that love can come from the most unexpected places.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog
publisher: Crown