Book description
This hard-hitting story lights up the world of animal rescue with
engaging characters and their pets, bringing hope out of personal
tragedies. Danny Sandoval, a character from the author's previous book,
“Prairie Dog Blues,” joins up with his friends to take on Norma Jean
Lawson and her Safe Sanctuary No-Kill Rescue Center in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Danny accuses Safe Sanctuary of negligent animal care, claiming
they do more harm than good. Undaunted, Norma Jean puts up a fierce
fight through her attorney, and sues Danny for libel and slander. Danny
fights back, and both Danny and Norma Jean struggle with their own
internal demons as they attempt to rescue dogs and cats, innocent
creatures that sometimes bring a mysterious transforming power to broken
lives. Their battle shows that bad motives often end in darkness, and
that animals and a clean heart can reveal pathways to God's healing.
“Dog Shelter Blues” takes these beaten, everyday people on a
breathtaking journey that ends with an astonishing triumph of good over
evil. MARK CONKLING--teacher, homebuilder, realtor, finance manager,
retired Methodist pastor--returns to writing with this second novel, the
first being “Prairie Dog Blues,” also from Sunstone Press. Mark lives in
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, works with his wife Patricia (Meadowlark Family
Healthcare), walks his dog in the Bosque near the Rio Grande, frequents
the recovery community (AA), writes fiction, and seeks daily peace of
mind. His short fiction was published in the Minnetonka Review and
Diverse Voices Quarterly. Years ago, as a university professor (PhD,
philosophy and psychology), Mark published several academic articles in
existential philosophy and psychology, including “Consciousness and the
Unconscious in William James' “Principles of Psychology,” (Human
Inquiries), “Sartre's Refutation of the Freudian Unconscious,” (Review
of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry), and “Ryle's Mistake About
Consciousness” (Philosophy Today).
