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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I thought some of you may have an interest in this book. Anne is a former colleague of mine in New York and an active member of the Westchester New York Council of the Blind. In my opinion, she is an excellent author with a great sense of humor. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See links below to purchase the ebook from Amazon. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have a nice weekend and stay warm everyone!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sherry Shirek<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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A Story of Love and Trust
© 2017
by Ann Chiappetta
In e-book ($3.99) and print ($11.95) from Amazon and multiple other online booksellers.
Full details: http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/
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A Story of Love and Trust
© 2017
by Ann Chiappetta
In e-book ($3.99) and print ($11.95) from Amazon and multiple other online booksellers.
Full details: http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align=left><tr><td width=482 height=0></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><img width=204 height=306 style='width:2.125in;height:3.1875in' src="cid:image011.jpg@01D34F13.B01AB6B0" alt=UpwellingEBookCover.jpg v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></td></tr></table></span><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><o:p> </o:p></p><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><p class=MsoNormal>Begin forwarded message: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>What, exactly, does it mean to share one’s life with a guide dog?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>While there is practical merit to the human-canine bond, which developed over a period of 70,000 years, it’s not akin to any other human-animal relationship. It is unique.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The person and guide dog are interdependent, and the bond of mutual trust is what makes the partnership successful and fulfilling for both. Ask yourself how many people you would trust with your life, and after answering, ask yourself if you would trust an animal with your life. Unless you are bonded to and live with a working dog, you might hesitate in answering the second question.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To be sure, guide dogs have performed many heroic tasks and have saved handlers from innumerable dangers. However, there are smaller and subtler things that can mean so very much: the feel of your dog’s head on a foot while riding the bus, the whimpers and doggie dreaming, the way you and the dog move in sync when walking down the street, and countless other tokens of trust and affection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>With this book, I hope to take the reader on a journey of understanding: learning what it’s like to overcome the darker side of disability by walking the path of independence with a canine partner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>—Ann Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="About the Author
Ann Chiappetta, M.S., lives in New Rochelle, NY with her husband, daughter, and assorted pets. She works as a readjustment counseling therapist for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her poems, articles, and short fiction have appeared in numerous online and print publications. Her first book was Upwelling: Poems © 2016.
Contact Information
Book website: http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/
Personal website: http://www.annchiappetta.com/
Blog: www.thought-wheel.com
E-mail: anniecms64@gmail.com
Telephone: (914) 636-2393
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Ann Chiappetta, M.S., lives in New Rochelle, NY with her husband, daughter, and assorted pets. She works as a readjustment counseling therapist for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her poems, articles, and short fiction have appeared in numerous online and print publications. Her first book was Upwelling: Poems © 2016.
Contact Information
Book website: http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/
Personal website: http://www.annchiappetta.com/
Blog: www.thought-wheel.com
E-mail: anniecms64@gmail.com
Telephone: (914) 636-2393
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:relative;z-index:251661312;left:-43px;top:0px;width:230px;height:238px'><img width=230 height=238 style='width:2.3958in;height:2.4791in' src="cid:image014.jpg@01D34F13.B01AB6B0" alt="A Profile no glasses cropped.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></span><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><p class=MsoNormal>Ann M. Chiappetta M.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author and Consultant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/">http://www.annchiappetta.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author of FOLLOW YOUR DOG A STORY OF LOVE AND TRUST & UPWELLING: POEMS available at all ebook and print-on-demand booksellers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/">http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:#333333'>“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.” ` Oscar Wilde<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>