Finding Gobi
The True Story of One Little Dog’s Big Journey
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Description de l’éditeur
For fans of A Streecat Named Bob comes Finding Gobi, the heart-warming true story of a dog who captured the hearts of the world. Younger readers’ edition.
WFinding Gobi is the ultimate story of hope and friendship – proving once again, that dogs really are ‘man’s best friend.’
In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the Gobi Desert. The pup earned the name ‘Gobi’, as she went step for step with Dion, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles. What Gobi lacked in size, she made up for in heart.
Dion had always focused on winning, but as he witnessed the incredible determination of this small animal, he felt something inside him change. This is a story of a life changing friendship between one man and a little stray dog called Gobi.
About the author
Dion Leonard is an Australian who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has competed in some of the world’s toughest ultra marathons across inhospitable landscapes including running across the brutal Moroccan Sahara desert twice in the 250km Marathon Des Sables and twice across South Africa's Kalahari Desert. Dion's latest race across the Gobi Desert in China turned out to be extraordinary. He fell in love with a stray dog that followed him during the week, changing both of their lives forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the midst of running an ultramarathon in the middle of the Gobi Desert, Leonard encountered a scrappy stray dog who trailed him for the remainder of his 155-mile run. Their fondness for each other led Leonard to spend months trying to find the money and the means to bring the dog, whom he named Gobi, home to England. Actor Bubb's conversational and jovial tone gives the audiobook an authentic feel, as if Leonard he were sitting in a bar telling own story. He channels emotions high as when Gobi shows up when least expected and the low chipping away at the bureaucratic wall keeping man and dog apart. Bubb achieves the highest goal of a narrator: his emotional and consistent delivery of the prose makes it hard to determine where Leonard ends and Bubb begins. A Thomas Nelson paperback.
