Almost perfect
Subtitle: a novel
By: Diane Daniels Manning
Publisher: [Diane Daniels Manning?]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Houston, Tex.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780578136394
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Dog breeders; Westminster Kennel Club; Fiction; Westminster Kennel Club. Dog Show; Teenagers with disabilities; Autism
Description: Bess Rutledge has dreamed of winning the Westminster Dog Show all her life. Despite her decades-long career as one of America's top Standard Poodle breeders, she has decided she's too old to hold on to her foolish dream. She sells off all the dogs in her kennel except for the aging champion McCreery and his son Breaker. Benny, a teenager with mild autism, attends a therapeutic special school, and has a dream of his own: to impress his self-absorbed mother. Drawn into the world of dog shows, Benny knows if he can win Westminster with either McCreery or Breaker his mother will finally be proud of him. Getting Bess to go along with his plan, however, is not going to be so easy ...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 330).