If you liked John Grogan's Marley & Me, you might enjoy these "tails" of the remarkable bonds shared by people and their pets.
 
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 A librarian rescues a kitten left in the overnight book return and is rewarded with a library mascot who has a positive impact on her own life and that of the entire Iowa town. 
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 An impulse purchase of a bunny at Easter time leads to the acquisition of a parrot, a couple of canaries, several cats, a turkey or two, and yes, ducks. 
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 A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer pays tribute to her beloved black lab, Beau, with heartwarming anecdotes of new tricks taught and old lessons learned. 
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 A nature writer on a camping trip takes in a stray dog and spends thirteen years learning about and loving the animal’s independent, intelligent ways. 
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 A life long “dog man” marries a cat lover and finds himself won over by a quirky, cranky cat named Spit.  By the author of My Dog Skip. 
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 A young research biologist adopts an injured four-day-old barn owl and spends the next nineteen years learning about and loving the remarkable creature. 
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 A renowned memoirist recounts the ways her canine confidante helped her through the death of her parents, a bad break-up, and the trials of sobriety. 
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