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Until Tuesday : A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him

by: Montalvan, Luis Carlos; Witter, Bret

ISBN: 9781401324292 | 1401324290

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion
Pub. Date: 5/3/2011

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Summary Table of Contents

"Tuesday has a personality that shines. I am not kidding when I say it is common for people to pull out their cell phones and take pictures of and with him. Tuesday is that kind of dog. And then, in passing, they notice me, the big man with the tight haircut. There is nothing about me--even the straight, stiff way I carry myself--that signals disabled. Until people notice the cane in my left hand, that is, and the way I lean on it every few steps. Then they realize my stiff walk and straight posture aren't just pride, and that Tuesday isn't jus... MOREt an ordinary dog. He walks directly beside me, for instance, so that my right leg always bisects his body. He nuzzles me when my breathing changes, and he moves immediately between me and the object--a cat, an overeager child, a suspiciously closed door--any time I feel apprehensive. Because beautiful, happy-go-lucky, favorite-of-the-neighborhood Tuesday isn't my pet; he's my service dog." Captain Luis Montalvan returned home from his second tour of duty in Iraq, having survived stab wounds, a traumatic brain injury, and three broken vertebrae. But the pressures of civilian life and his injuries proved too much to bear. Physical disabilities, agoraphobia, and crippling PTSD drove him to the edge of suicide. That's when he met Tuesday - his best friend forever. Tuesday came with his own history of challenges: from the Puppies Behind Bars program, to a home for troubled boys, to the streets of Manhattan, Tuesday blessed many lives on his way to Luis. Until Tuesday unforgettably twines the story of man and dog"--

"Tuesday combines a golden retriever's innate playfulness and bouncy exuberance with a noble bearing and seriousness of purpose. But it is not his beautiful coat, or even his regal attitude, that attract the stares. Tuesday has an extraordinarily expressive face. He has sensitive, almost sad eyes, but they are more than offset by his big goofy smile. He can't pass anyone without flashing them a sly look with those eyes, as if to say, sorry, I'd love to play, but I'm working. He just makes a connection; he has a personality that shines. I am not kidding when I say it is common for people to pull out their cell phones and take pictures of and with him. Tuesday is that kind of dog. And then, in passing, they notice me, the big man with the tight haircut. There is nothing about me--even the straight, stiff way I carry myself--that signals disabled. Until people notice the cane in my left hand, that is, and the way I lean on it every few steps. Then they realize my stiff walk and straight posture aren't just pride, and that Tuesday isn't just an ordinary dog. He walks directly beside me, for instance, so that my right leg always bisects his body. He nuzzles me when my breathing changes, and he moves immediately between me and the object--a cat, an overeager child, a suspiciously closed door--any time I feel apprehensive. Because beautiful, happy-go-lucky, favorite-of-the-neighborhood Tuesday isn't my pet; he's my service dog."

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preamble The First Look	p. 1
Tuesday
Motherly Love	p. 11
Puppy Behind Bars	p. 23
The Lost Boys	p. 37
Luis
Al-Waleed	p. 49
An American Soldier	p. 64
Anything but Stable	p. 76
Hard Decisions	p. 85
The Thought of Dogs	p. 96
Tuesday and Luis
The First Choice	p. 105
Company	p. 111
The Right Dog	p. 119
The First Test	p. 129
Thanksgiving	p. 137
Smoked	p. 149
Cats and Dogs	p. 158
Hope and Change	p. 166
The Back of the Bus	p. 172
Tuesday's Handle	p. 183
Tuesday Talks	p. 192
Summer Days	p. 201
Crash and Groom	p. 209
The Little Things	p. 217
For Veterans Everywhere	p. 225
A Quiet Life	p. 237
Epilogue Graduation Day	p. 247
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