When Harry Met Minnie by Martha Teichner-memoir/animals

A wonderful read for any dog lover. Minnie belongs to Martha and is missing

her pal Goose who sadly had to be put to sleep. Martha investigates getting

another dog and draws a blank. She wants one older than Minnie as Minnie

doesn't take to young dogs. Fate has a hand and eventually she meets Carol

who is looking to rehome Harry sometime in the future as Carol is

terminally ill- a fall out from 9/11. What follows is a wonderful story of both

human and canine friendship and how they all got to know each other

whilst they could. This is a true story and any dog owner will relate to

some /many of the antics of the dogs as they spend time together and

maybe even of the humans trying to work out technology so that they

could leave them for a time whilst still watching what was going on. A

story of hope and heartbreak, life and love  and of the special

unconditional love that we get from animals that only they can give

us. A wonderful tribute to not only a very brave woman but to all

dogs who have done so much for us humans. A treasure of a read. 

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When Harry Met Minnie A true story of love and friendship BY MARTHA TEICHNER ASTER • 4TH FEBRUARY 2021 HARDBACK • £12.99 For any enquiries, please contact karen.baker@octopusbooks.co.uk or victoria.scales@octopusbooks.co.uk

“I decided to write this book, because I didn’t want to stop living the story of what happened when Harry met Minnie. I didn’t want to forget any of it, even the sad parts. This story of unexpected friendship, of love, was a wonderful gift, and in the end, it made me and Minnie happy.” - Martha Teichner, CBS Sunday Morning News correspondent and multi-award-winner.

There are true fairy tales. Stories that exist because impossible-to-explain coincidences change everything. Except in real life, not all of them have conventional, happily-ever-after endings. When Harry Met Minnie is that kind of fairy tale, with the vibrant, romantic New York City backdrop of its namesake, the movie When Harry Met Sally, and the bittersweet wisdom of Tuesdays with Morrie. There’s a special camaraderie among early-morning dog walkers. In this special space and time, a chance encounter with an old acquaintance changed Martha Teichner’s world. As fate would have it, her friend knew someone who was dying of cancer, from exposure to toxins after 9/11, and desperate to find a home for her dog, Harry. He was a Bull Terrier, the same breed as Martha’s dear Minnie.

Martha agrees to meet Harry and his owner Carol. What begins as a transaction involving a dog becomes a deep and meaningful friendship between two women with complicated lives and a love of Bull Terriers in common. Through the heartbreak and grief of Carol’s illness, the bond that develops changed Martha’s life, Carol’s life, Minnie’s life, Harry’s life. As it changed Carol’s death as well.

Loneliness as a topic is becoming more and more prominent – especially in these uncertain times. This book explores what can happen when we take the time to talk to those around us. This is a memoir of love and loss, of being in the right place at the right time, and of the mysterious ways a beloved pet can bring people together.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Martha Teichner has been a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning” since December 1993. Since joining CBS News in 1977, Teichner has earned multiple national awards for her original reporting, including 11 Emmy Awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and five James Beard Foundation Awards.

Martha has reported on some of the largest national and international stories of this era, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the run-up to the war in Iraq, the death of Diana , Princess of Wales and the life and death of Nelson Mandela. She’s interviewed world leaders and other newsmakers, including then-first lady Hillary Clinton.

Now based in New York, Teichner spent more than a dozen years as a foreign correspondent covering major international news. Teichner was twice assigned to the CBS News London bureau (1980-1984, 1989-1994), covering the Northern Ireland hunger strikes, the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, and was one of only a handful of female war correspondents. Teichner covered the Lebanon War, the 1st Intifada in 1988 in Israel and the West Bank, embedded with the US First Armored Division in the Persian Gulf War, covered the conflicts associated with the collapse of Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia) and spent three years in South Africa during the last years of apartheid. She reported on the fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the Romanian revolution.

Teichner also spent several weeks in the Bolivian jungle covering undercover operations with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.