The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a first time novel written by David Weoblewski. To be honest, I haven't read this book yet, but something about the description of the novel intrigued me. So my book tour buddy and I went hear David speak about his book.

I am so glad that we went. The author is very soft spoken, humble, kind and excited about his novel. The books basic description is a grown-up tale about a mute boy and his dog. The long explanation about the book goes into a deeper description about why the author wrote this particular novel.

One of the reasons was there really wasn't many books about dogs in this type of setting. There are plenty of breed books, training guides and basic novels that really don't go in depth about a particular training dogs. David mentioned that authors write books since what they were looking for in the first place isn't available.

The author is an animal lover, but particularly a dog lover. He has a dog himself named Lola but he didn't revel her breed. The reason was the dogs in the novel are a fictional breed and if he let us know what kind of dog he has, it could reflect in our minds what kind of dog he used as a template for the novel.

Here are a couple of praises on the back cover-

"In this beautifully written novel, David Wroblewski creates a remarkable hero who lives in a world populated as much by dogs as by humans, governed as much by the past as by the present. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a passionate, absorbing, and deeply surprising debut."
— Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street

"Edgar Sawtelle is a boy without a voice, but his world, populated by the dogs his family breeds, is anything but silent. This is a remarkable story about the language of friendship—a language that transcends words."
— Dalia Sofer, author of The Septembers of Shiraz

So, when I start the novel I'll let you know and keep you posted after with my thoughts. The book reading last night was just so warm and lovely, I wanted to share about this novel before I even began to read it.