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(More customer reviews)Much as I enjoyed "Bottle-Cap Sundaes," I had mixed feelings about a sequel that might well deal with the aging and demise of its three dachshund stars. The title of the book neatly sums up how Mr. Sheridan deftly handles losing Mozart and Elvis within days of each other: their new owners are, respectively, God and St. Peter. Mozart and Elvis ramble all over heaven meeting the famous and Sheridan relatives, and Mozart has the same cheeky discussions with God that he had with the author. Early chapters recap their earthly lives with the Sheridans.
Some will quibble at Mr. Sheridan's "(Nearly) Everybody Welcome" version of heaven, but I found this and the depictions of a loving and merciful creator and his chief saint comforting and inspiring and his occasional swipes at televangelists and politicians (and hypocrites of any stripe) funny and on target. The book succeeds on several levels: as a good dog yarn, as a lighthearted religious treatise, as a guide for coping with the loss of a pet, and, with its snappy man-dog dialogues, as a humor book in its own right.
Though Mr. Sheridan generally keeps things light, the scenes depicting the Sheridans' grief at losing their beloved dogs moved me to tears. This shouldn't deter a prospective reader, however, because the overall tone of the book is joyous.
In fact, my only disappointment with the book was Mr. Sheridan's notion that dogs and their owners live apart in heaven. It's necessary for the plot, but I hope no such segregation exists!
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Saint Peter narrates a story that begins when God stops by the Pearly Gates and says, "I'm thinking of getting a dog." He asks Saint Peter for his opinion as to whether He should create the perfect dog from scratch or go over to Doggy Heaven to select one. Saint Peter suggests that God consider Mozart, a dachshund that Saint Peter has been watching and considers to be the funniest dog he has ever seen on earth. Mozart arrives in Heaven within the month and interviews with God to become His dog. Mozart's humor and total candor win God over and God asks Mozart if he would like to be His dog. Mozart asks that it be a package deal and that his younger brother, Elvis, who had died suddenly only a few days before Mozart, be allowed to stay as well. God says that Elvis can be Saint Peter's dog and help guard the Pearly Gates. Mozart and Elvis spend their time exploring Heaven, talking with saints, visiting God's Comedy Club, and searching for their roots and heroes. The best conversations are betwen God and Mozart, in which Mozart never runs out of questions and topics to discuss with God. Mozart and Elvis decide Heaven is really a wonderful place, but could be a little more dachshund friendly. Together they come up with the first suggestion list that God has ever received. These and other suggestions lead to what Saint Peter describes as the biggest change in Heaven since the addition of the Pearly gates. The ending is one that the reader will never forget. Filled with humor and poignant moments, GOD GETS A DOG will be enjoyed by everyone who loves God, likes dogs, and enjoys one of God's greatest gifts to humanity, our sense of humor.
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