Weekends With Daisy
- Author: Sharron Kahn Luttrell
- Narrator: Jane Jacobs
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 10:07:12
Synopsis
She was supposed to teach Daisy how to be a good dog…but Daisy taught her to be a better person.
When Sharron Luttrell joins a weekend “Prison PUP” program for a service dog organization, she knew it was just what she needed to help her move on from the death of her own beloved dog. The position seemed ideal; pick up a puppy on Friday, return it on Sunday night, work with a new puppy each year, no strings attached. Well, it turns out there were strings—and they tugged at her every time she had to return “her dog” to its weekday caregiver.
This memoir chronicles Sharron’s year co-parenting Daisy, a sweet Lab puppy, with Keith, the inmate who is Daisy’s other trainer. As Sharron and Keith develop a relationship she likens to “divorced parents handing over the kids,” she becomes curious about Keith’s life story. When Sharron uncovers the tragic event that set Keith on his path, she realizes she must take a lesson from Daisy and “think like a dog"—react to circumstances in the present, not the past.
Sharron applies this way of thinking at home, too, using the lessons she learned from Daisy to mend her rocky relationship with her teenage daughter. Where once a dramatic eye roll from her daughter would have sparked a battle, Sharron has learned to employ the patience and understanding she practices with Daisy to become a better mom. As Sharron and Keith work tirelessly to ensure Daisy passes her service dog test, she is taught priceless lessons in empathy, compassion, and affection. In the end, Sharron’s weekends with Daisy have taught her more than she could ever have imagined.
Chapters
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WeekendsWithDaisy 01 Title
Duration: 17s -
WeekendsWithDaisy 02 Intro
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WeekendsWithDaisy 03 Ch01
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WeekendsWithDaisy 04 Ch02
Duration: 22min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 05 Ch03
Duration: 44min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 06 Ch04
Duration: 40min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 07 Ch05
Duration: 27min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 08 Ch06
Duration: 34min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 09 Ch07
Duration: 28min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 10 Ch08
Duration: 26min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 11 Ch09
Duration: 33min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 12 Ch10
Duration: 38min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 13 Ch11
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WeekendsWithDaisy 14 Ch12
Duration: 20min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 15 Ch13
Duration: 39min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 16 Ch14
Duration: 25min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 17 Ch15
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WeekendsWithDaisy 18 Ch16
Duration: 17min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 19 Ch17
Duration: 14min -
WeekendsWithDaisy 20 Epilogue
Duration: 06min