Bespotted: My Family's Love Affair with Thirty-Eight Dalmatians

The Sexton familys long love affair with the Dalmatian began in Lindas childhood. There on a snowy morning in the family home just outside Boston LInda heard a whimpering coming from the basement. She discovered their first family dog giving birth to a litter. Witnessing the intimate act of birth had a profound effect on the family. Her mother Anne used the experience to complete the poem "Live " part of her third collection titled Live or Die which would be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. For Linda the boundless joy of both breed and breeding triggered in her a lifelong love of Dalmatians. All told thirtyeight Dalmatians will move through her life: the ones that cheer and support her through difficulty divorce and depression; the ones that stay with her as she enters the world of professional breeding and showing of Dals; and of course the one true dog of her heart Gulliver her most stalwart of canine champions. Bespotted is a pageturning and compelling look at the unique place dogs occupy in our lives. It captures another piece of this literary familys history taps into the curious and fascinating world of dog showing/dog fancy. Bespotted is an upbeat and commercial memoir by one of the most critically acclaimed memoirists of our time.