When Hannah Legare was eleven, her father went on a fishing trip in Charleston Harbor and never came back. And while most of the town and her famil...
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Jan 27, 2012
Bettie
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Jul 30, 2010
Elizabeth
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Men and Dogs. What a great title for an interesting, sometimes hilarious, and always thought-provoking novel. Often I am given books to review where the title or the cover art don't make sense to me after reading the book, but Katie Crouch and the folks at Little Brown have hit the nail on the head with both on this one. The men in the heroine's life and her disparate relationships with each are the forefront of the story, and the beautiful photo of a young woman in a fishing boat with her back
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May 17, 2011
Louise
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According to the author, this work of fiction was actually born out of a true story. Her great-grandfather “went fishing in North Carolina in 1913 and never came back. There was no bad weather or anything, but all his family found was his little fishing boat floating in the river. He didn’t seem depressed and wasn’t an unreliable person in any way. He just disappeared.”
Eleven-year-old Hannah Legare and her forty-one-year-old father, Buzz, are out fishing in her Dad’s flat-bottome More...
Eleven-year-old Hannah Legare and her forty-one-year-old father, Buzz, are out fishing in her Dad’s flat-bottome More...
May 10, 2011
Toni
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First of all, I am not good at this star system -I need decimal points because all of my 3's are not equal. Even though I rushed through thiis book because I needed to see how it was resolved it is a pure 3 no plusses.It is basically about how Hannah and her brother ,Palmer, are affected by their dad's death when Hannah was 11 and Palmer 13. Did he leave or did he die -there was a funeral. They are now in their 30's. Despite what other reviewers have said, I do not find Hannah likable. Yes ,sh
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Jun 29, 2010
Freda
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Since it was audiobook, first I would like to say, the narrator speaks clearly and has a calm tone. Makes it very easy and enjoyable to listen to.
I love the candor in the story, even though there is extreme foul language at times.
Hannah, the main character really appealed to me too. She seems a bad sort at times, yet she's just hurt and misunderstood. I connect in more ways than one to Hannah. She's smart, yet angry. Funny, yet rude. So many traits in one woman and I admire and respe More...
I love the candor in the story, even though there is extreme foul language at times.
Hannah, the main character really appealed to me too. She seems a bad sort at times, yet she's just hurt and misunderstood. I connect in more ways than one to Hannah. She's smart, yet angry. Funny, yet rude. So many traits in one woman and I admire and respe More...
Jun 15, 2010
Denise
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Hannah Legare's father disappeared on a fishing trip when she was eleven years old and that fact defines the rest of her life. Having found his boat, occupied only by his dog, everyone else concludes that he fell overboard and drown. Hannah is convinced he is still alive and will one day return. This fact colors every aspect of her life and shadows all her relationships, with her hyper controlled, gay brother, the childhood sweetheart she ran away from, and her loving and devoted husband. After
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Jul 01, 2010
Diane
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Hannah Legare is 35 year old woman dealing with a lot of issues --one might even say that she is her own worst enemy. Her husband gets tired of her cheating ways, and one throws her out. One day, after having too much to drink, she climbs up on the fire escape to beg forgiveness from her husband, but she takes a fall and injures herself in the process. Hannah has hit rock bottom. Her mother Daisy, demands that she return home to Charleston, South Carolina to recover. It is here, that the gh
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Apr 23, 2010
Shea
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I definitely liked this novel more than Crouch's last, Girls in Trucks. I think I would probably give it a 2.5 though. It was a good story but like the last one, it felt short to me. It's almost 300 pages but sometimes I wonder what took up those 300 pages because it seems like not a whole lot happened as far as plot. I will say that I didn't believe the main character, Hannah, was as old as the book says she is; she just doesn't seem like a 35 year old to me (maybe that's just me though, do I k
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Apr 27, 2011
Jen C (ReadinginWBL)
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Men and Dogs is the story of how a family copes after the father of the family disappears during a fishing trip. Hannah, the daughter, 20 years after her father’s disappearance is determined to find out the truth. She is certain he is still alive. Her brother, Palmer, believe their dad died and that his actions lead his father to his death. The mother seems to have adjusted the best to the death of her husband and moved on the best she could.
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Hannah and Palmer were unlikable as charac More...
May 22, 2010
Helena
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I plucked this book off a new release table at, "A Great Good Place for Books." I was seduced by the pretty cover which I remembered from a magazine review or two, too bad I couldn't remember the actual review as I was deciding whether to buy it. On impulse, I figured it couldn't be that bad.
I was right. It wasn't that bad--but this story of a 35-year-old woman, whose father disappeared during a solo fishing trip and never returns, setting off a complicated relationship wi More...
I was right. It wasn't that bad--but this story of a 35-year-old woman, whose father disappeared during a solo fishing trip and never returns, setting off a complicated relationship wi More...
Apr 25, 2010
Lolly LKH
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Men and Dogs's main character Hannah has been reviewed by some women as being pathetic, selfish and unrealistic. I would say she's a little complicated and screwed up like a lot of people I know. I find this novel to be a story of stunted growth after the life altering mysterious death of a father. Self-sabatoge is nothing new and yes, even women can be unfaithful and have issues with intimacy. Someone noted that 'maybe if she grew up in Charleston she would 'get it' better. I don't see that as
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Oct 13, 2011
Joy
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I listened to the audiobook and I warmed to the voice but I didn't like Hannah. Get over it and move on with your life. When she takes the boat out with Palmer's dog to recreate the last cruise her father took it was time to lock her up and throw away the key. Grow up!
When Hannah Legare was eleven, her father went on a fishing trip in Charleston Harbor and never came back. And while most of the town and her family accepted Buzz's disappearance, Hannah remained steadfastly convince More...
When Hannah Legare was eleven, her father went on a fishing trip in Charleston Harbor and never came back. And while most of the town and her family accepted Buzz's disappearance, Hannah remained steadfastly convince More...
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Feb 23, 2010
[close:] When Hannah Legare was eleven, her father went on a fishing trip in Charleston Harbor and never came back. And while most of the town and her family accepted Buzz's disappearance, Hannah remained steadfastly convinced of his imminent return.
More then twenty years later, Hannah's new life in San Francisco is unraveling. Her marriage is on the rocks; her business is bankrupt. After a disastrous attempt to win back her husband, she is shipped to her mother's home to "rest More...
More then twenty years later, Hannah's new life in San Francisco is unraveling. Her marriage is on the rocks; her business is bankrupt. After a disastrous attempt to win back her husband, she is shipped to her mother's home to "rest More...
Apr 21, 2011
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Oct 28, 2010
Jinky
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Beautiful cover (hold on.. something mysterious, fearful is coming) that had me snatching the book! But that's about the best part of the book! The plot sounded intriguing... Hannah, girl at 11yo looses her dad (declared dead but no body), 24yrs later she still believes her dad's alive and seeks to find out the truth, and in-between she lead a messed up life. Hence, the rated PG13 language and content. She was wishy-washy protagonist and I think she was suppose to get it all together in the
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May 13, 2010
Allyson
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I think if I lived in or had any ties whatsoever to San Francisco or the Carolinas, I would probably have appreciated this novel more. Hannah, the protagonist, is 35 and a complete mess: alcoholic, adulterous, immature, and totally self-indulgent--lost and stuck in a teenage frame of mind. I kept trying to feel sorry for her, but at the end, just wanted to slap her upside the head and tell her to grow up. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood when I read it??? Her gay brother, Palmer, isn't much bett
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Apr 29, 2010
Suzanne
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I opened the book with no expectations, never having heard of the author. After reading the first few pages I found myself wondering if this was a young adult selection. I kept going. I'm glad I did. The main character, Hannah, was instantly likeable. She had a self-effacing way about her that was laughable. She carried an internal dialogue, sometimes external, when talking to the furniture, that was quirky and insightful. All of the characters were crisp and real. I enjoyed watching her
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May 04, 2010
Amy
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Katie Crouch’s, “Men and Dogs,” is the first book that I have read by this author. The story centers around Hannah, who is in her thirties, struggling with a drinking problem, an unfaithful spouse (although she is unfaithful herself), and a marriage that is teetering on the edge of divorce. To resolve things once and for all, Hannah attempts to break into her own house, to confront her husband about his cheating ways, and falls three stories and suffers a head injury. Hannah ends up in the hosp
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Sep 15, 2010
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May 29, 2010
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When her father disappeared one day while on a fishing trip, Hannah Legare always believed that somehow, somewhere, he was still out there. She believes it for more than twenty years.
In fact, most of her relationships are impacted by the defining moments of her eleven-year-old self.
Now at thirty-five, Hannah's marriage is in trouble—and she knows it's her own fault. She can't keep herself from cheating on her husband. She considers these events "slips," because More...
In fact, most of her relationships are impacted by the defining moments of her eleven-year-old self.
Now at thirty-five, Hannah's marriage is in trouble—and she knows it's her own fault. She can't keep herself from cheating on her husband. She considers these events "slips," because More...
Dec 28, 2010
Ronya
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This book started out as a mystery, but it's really all about the lies we tell ourselves, the mysteries we perpetuate because we need them. Sometimes those lies keep us going; other times they make us hate the world; sometimes there's nothing you can do about them. Crouch includes all three points of view, and more, in her novel about a woman who comes home to South Carolina after wrecking her marriage. Every character is self-absorbed, for reasons to be discovered by the reader. But every o
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Aug 20, 2010
Knitme23
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This was the perfect book for me right at this particular moment. Not sure why--I think the narrative voice just worked really well: light, quick, clear. After about two chapters Crouch got more graphic, but she managed to keep that somehow in tone with her voice too. Most amazingly, she kept me rooting for what was perhaps The Most Obnoxious Heroine I've Met in a Long Time, Hannah Legare. . . and even made me come around to cheering for her. SLightly amorphous ending, but overall--yes. Now I wa
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Dec 25, 2011
Larraine
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Hannah's father disappears while out fishing. His dog returns and his little fishing boat turns up, but no sign whatsoever of her father. Sounds like a mystery, but it is not. This is Hannah reflecting on her life and family, which is about of dysfunctional as any other Southern family. Estranged from her husband, she still works (rather ineffectually) at their business venture (selling sex toys online); homosexual veterinary brother with partner issues; stepfather larger than life; old flam
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Jun 03, 2010
Jen
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The language was harsh; I don't the profanity, but I accept that it is some people's reality. If I put the profanity aside, I really liked the book and can easily recommend it. I liked, of course, that I could "see" what the author was describing because it took place in Charleston, but I also found myself rooting for the main character which I would have done regardless of my connection to the setting. The characters were all so 'human;' the S.O.B.s (South of Broads) with more mone
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Jul 31, 2010
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Aug 13, 2011
Jlaurenmc
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Southern literature is my favorite genre, although my reading taste is fairly eclectic (in the last month, I've read a memoir, a celeb memoir/essay collection, a couple of mysteries, some YA, some literary fiction, and some women's lit). But sometimes I have to take a break from everything else and delve back into my true book love.
I read (and raved about) Katie Crouch's first novel Girls in Trucks a couple of months ago, and I could not have loved it more. It was dark, modern, femal More...
I read (and raved about) Katie Crouch's first novel Girls in Trucks a couple of months ago, and I could not have loved it more. It was dark, modern, femal More...
Apr 21, 2011
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Sep 30, 2010
Joanne
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Men and Dogs was a pretty serious audiobook that brought us into the life of Hannah Legare when she basically hits rock bottom. Hannah was married and had a very successful on-line business but somehow managed to lose it all by never fully accepting her father's absence in her life.
After a life-threatening accident Hannah finds herself back home in Charleston being nursed back to health by her family that she hasn't seen in years. Upon arriving at her childhood home she starts to w More...
After a life-threatening accident Hannah finds herself back home in Charleston being nursed back to health by her family that she hasn't seen in years. Upon arriving at her childhood home she starts to w More...
Sep 10, 2010
Nely
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When Hannah Legare was 11 years old, her beloved father leaves on a fishing trip early one morning and is never heard from again. Buzz Legare was everything to Hannah and his disappearance/drowning is the one event that defines the rest of her life. Hannah's mother and brother, Palmer, were able to move on - but Hannah has always held on to the hope of one day finding him once again, especially since his body was never found.
Now, at 35, Hannah lives in San Francisco, as far away More...
Now, at 35, Hannah lives in San Francisco, as far away More...
Jul 29, 2010
Jennifer
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I've read another Katie Crouch book, and I really liked it. This one did not disappoint.
It took a little for me to get used to the narrator's voice. But once I got used to her voice I really got into the book.
Hanna was so messed up, but she really was a great character. I went from feeling bad for her to being so angry at her, and back again. She had some great grounding forces in her life though. Her brother Palmer (who also has some issues) and her mother Daisy were g More...
It took a little for me to get used to the narrator's voice. But once I got used to her voice I really got into the book.
Hanna was so messed up, but she really was a great character. I went from feeling bad for her to being so angry at her, and back again. She had some great grounding forces in her life though. Her brother Palmer (who also has some issues) and her mother Daisy were g More...
