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Joyce Raskin

Joyce Raskin

About

I am a bass player for a band called Scarce, writer, and a painter.

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

Story Behind The Book

Media Links

Providence Journal

🔗 http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk-pop18_09-18-08_4VBJV30_v16.323457.html

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Twitter/Mary Morris

🔗 http://twitter.com/marymorris

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Wasted Ink Blog

🔗 http://wastedink78.livejournal.com/12773.html#cutid1

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The Guardian

🔗 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/17/popandrock

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Speed of Dark Blog

🔗 http://www.speedofdark-web.com/blog/2007/11/07/scarce-aching-to-be/

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Reviews

<div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-left:-5px;"></span></div>&quot;This is an amazing book! As soon as it arrived in the post, I started reading and I couldn't put it down. <br /><br />I bought this as a fan of Scarce and learned a lot I didn't previously know about the band. That said, I don't think it's just for Scarce fans - I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in music biographies. <br /><br />If you're looking for the car-crash quality of a good rock 'n' roll biography, then this has it all (bar the all too predictable, premature death - although Chick's brain aneurysm comes pretty close). <br /><br />Overall, I think the book is really well written (although there were a couple of typos) and Joyce's account is honest and raw&quot;<br />Mandy Bang Bang, review on Amazon<br /><br />