My Dog Skip

Willie Morris

Dec 2008 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

This classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America is "a rich experience all around.... Skip turns out to be a dog worth writing about.... I'd take him home in a shot" (The New York Times Book Review).

In 1943 in a sleepy town on the banks of the Yazoo River, a boy fell in love with a puppy with a lively gait and an intelligent way of listening. The two grew up together having the most wonderful adventures. My Dog Skip belongs on the same shelf as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Russell Baker's Growing Up. It will enchant readers of all ages for years to come.

A major motion picture form Warner Brothers, starring Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Frankie Muniz, and "Eddie" from the TV show Frasier (as Skip), and produced by Mark Johnson (Rain Man).

Ratings and reviews

I found the memoir a little boring from time to time and the detailed descriptions of the mundanities of life tedious. But by the end, I was indeed wrapped up in the descriptions of their lives together and cried.

Wonderful book, but how in the world could he leave Skip behind at the end? So sad.

The book was awesome the movie was fantastic made me cry at the end!!!!!

About the author

WILLIE MORRIS published his last book, My Cat Spit McGee, with Random House in Fall 1999.  He lived in Jackson, Mississippi, until his death in 1999.