Saving Simon
Subtitle: how a rescue donkey taught me the meaning of compassion
By: Jon Katz
Edition: Doubleday Large Print Home Library ed.
Series: Doubleday Large Print Home Library; Doubleday Large Print Home Library
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781629532639
Subjects: Donkeys; Anecdotes; Animal rescue; Compassion
Description: In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call from an animal control officer who had found a neglected donkey on a farm in upstate New York. She hoped that Jon and his wife, Maria, would be willing to adopt him. The wrenching sight of Simon touched something very deep inside of Jon, and they took him in. Weak and malnourished, Simon needed constant care. As Simon's health improved, Jon would feed him by hand, take him on walks, even confide in him like an old friend. Then Simon began to reveal to Jon the true meaning of compassion, the ways in which it can transform our lives and inspire us to take great risks.
Notes: "This Large Print Edition, prepared especially for Doubleday Large Print Home Library, contains the complete, unabridged text of the original Publisher's Edition."--Title page verso.