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  • Sophie From Romania: What a rescue dog taught me about patience, love and hope

    Sophie From Romania by Cellan-Jones, Rory;

    What a rescue dog taught me about patience, love and hope

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Random House
    • Date of Publication 11 September 2025
    • Number of Volumes B-format paperback

    • ISBN 9781529918595
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages320 pages
    • Size 198x129x35 mm
    • Weight 500 g
    • Language English
    • 700

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    Long description:

    ‘Fills my heart with so much joy' Niall Harbison, bestselling author of Tina
    'In a dark time, a daily dose of hope’ Jojo Moyes

    How do you welcome someone new into your heart and home? A week before Christmas, newly retired BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones receives a special delivery that will change his life.

    This is the story of rescue dog #SophieFromRomania.

    In January 2022, the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie cross, Cabbage. She and Rory had become inseparable during daily pandemic walks, which alleviated his Parkinson’s symptoms. After a grief-stricken year, Rory and his wife Diane come across a listing for ‘a kind girl who loves everybody and is just looking for her forever home’.

    Bright-eyed, big-eared and trembling, Sophie arrives in London on 17 December 2022. Rory holds the Romanian rescue in his arms, excited for their first walk together – but the road ahead will be a long one . . . This book follows the real journey of Sophie’s adoption – from her battles with anxiety, to the joys of play and her first time outside – as Rory and Diane work with expert dog trainer Si to win Sophie’s trust and navigate Rory’s Parkinson’s disease.

    This is a moving story of love, kindness and a lot of patience, paying tribute to rescue dogs and their tender community.

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