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Rose in a Storm
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Jon Katz (Goodreads Author)
From New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz comes a moving and powerful novel, the first one inspired by life on his celebrated Bedlam Farm—and perceptively told from the point of view of Rose, a dedicated working dog.
Rose is determined and focused, keeping the sheep out of danger and protecting the other creatures on the farm she calls home. But of all those she’s lo...more
Rose is determined and focused, keeping the sheep out of danger and protecting the other creatures on the farm she calls home. But of all those she’s lo...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
October 5th 2010
by Villard
(first published 2010)
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Anyone who has ever owned an animal has had the thought at one time or other: “I wonder what he/she is thinking?” Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz provides us with a glimpse into the mind and thoughts of Rose, a working border collie, intuitively and effectively answering that question for us. Not only do we get the opportunity to share Rose’s daily routines, we are also treated to glimpses of her memories and emotions.
At the beginning of the book, Rose and her farmer/owner, Sam, are pr...more
At the beginning of the book, Rose and her farmer/owner, Sam, are pr...more
4.5 Stars! Rose sensed the storm coming....
Rose is a hard-working, dedicated border collie living on her farm with Sam, her human farmer. She takes care of the animals, keeps them in check, protects them from predators. When the biggest storm Sam and Rose have ever seen strikes the farm, Rose must risk her life to keep the animals on the farm alive through the five-day storm.
When Sam gets injured trying to move snow off the roof of the barn, Rose is left alone to take care ...more
Rose is a hard-working, dedicated border collie living on her farm with Sam, her human farmer. She takes care of the animals, keeps them in check, protects them from predators. When the biggest storm Sam and Rose have ever seen strikes the farm, Rose must risk her life to keep the animals on the farm alive through the five-day storm.
When Sam gets injured trying to move snow off the roof of the barn, Rose is left alone to take care ...more
I finally finished it - I got too emotionally involved and has to stay away from it for several days. Where this book really shines is providing an insight into how the world must appear from the perspective of a dog, without excessively anthropomorphizing the view, though some amount is necessary to enable us humans to understand it. For example Katz describes the dog's view of the farm and her thought processes as an "image" (implying visual image)- we humans would be hard pressed to...more
I feel so fortunate to have received an advance copy of this book. It is a book I could relate to. I read it with my faithful black lab at my feet. Having worked at a free-range veal and lamb farm which employed a couple of sheep dogs, I could easily envision Rose as she went about her work on the farm. Jon Katz does a great job of putting the reader into the story. His descriptions are so vivid, one can almost feel the strength of the wind and imagine the effort necessary to manage a farm durin...more
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I have been a fan of Jon Katz for several years- as I have read most of his memoirs. I was first attracted to his books because he has had yellow labs and border collies- and I personally have had both. His description of the temperament of border collies is right on. Thus, I followed his adventures with his various dogs including Devon, Orson, Rose, Pearl and Izzy. I met Pearl at a book reading (Barnes & Nobles, in Clark, NJ) and Izzy (in Clifton Park, NY) at a book talk where Jon was talkin...more
I first heard about Jon Katz from my sister who was a big fan of his. I read the Dogs of Bedlam Farm awhile back and probably have read some others, but it has been awhile. I wasn't sure what to expect when I had heard that this was a piece of fiction from the point of view of the dog. But, I must admit, that it is and that Jon Katz is a master story teller. The book is entirely believable and the manner in which he repressents Rose's inner voice is wonderful. It is worth it to read this bo...more
An Exceptional Book...written by Jon Katz, a gifted writer, that takes you into the world of Rose, a border collie/shepherd mix. The bond between Rose and her owner, a farmer, and the raw world of nature that is theirs, is vividly portrayed. The story flows with the rhythms and events of the natural world, from skittish sheep, driven by fear, to hungry coyotes.
A major blizzard disrupts the farm in multiple destructive ways, bringing a snow driven struggle for survival to this powerful stor...more
A major blizzard disrupts the farm in multiple destructive ways, bringing a snow driven struggle for survival to this powerful stor...more
I loved this book. Katz has written in such a unique way, the perspective of Rose with imagination yet without being overly sentimental. It was a very thoughtful, believable insight on the possible way a working dog would think. Although it may be a relief to some of Katz's fans that Rose does not die in the end (thank you very much), it is not to say death is not a presence in the novel. When a storm unlike any in recent memory descends on the farm, Rose's instincts of just what needs to be don...more
This was a very good book and I enjoyed reading it despite the sad parts that made me sniffly. It's a little simple at times, but I think it might be targeted as a Young Adult book, and even if it isn't it's not a big problem. I really liked the way the author wrote from Rose's perspective, and it was a very interesting trip inside the mind of a working border collie. There were several interesting touches, which I don't want to list here so as not to spoil them, but I felt they added well to...more
Rose is a border collie and her one purpose in life is work. She works with Sam on a farm and a blizzard of epic proportions engulfs the farm but Rose cannot stand to not work. She takes care of the animals even when Sam cannot. More than anything this book beautifully portrays the work on a farm from a dog's point of view. The writing moves back and forth between Sam and Rose with fluid precision. Even if you are a fan of books written just from the dog's point of view, the movement betwee...more
The first thing you have to know about Rose in a Storm is that it isn't just as story about a dog, it's the story of an extraordinary dog under devastating circumstances. I was worried that a book about a farm dog would be a predictable yawn, but instead I found myself immersed in a very curious character study.
It begins at a slow and relaxed pace, but Katz patiently turns up the tension as the novel progresses, and he doesn't let up until very close to the end. Although it details ...more
It begins at a slow and relaxed pace, but Katz patiently turns up the tension as the novel progresses, and he doesn't let up until very close to the end. Although it details ...more
I'll admit it, I'm a "cat lover" who likes to read dog books, and I really enjoyed this one.
I picked it up a couple of months ago as a review book for our junior high school, I kept passing it up and reading other books instead. Then I rented the movie, "A Dog Year" with Jeff Bridges (I like dog movies, too). The next time I looked at our review book shelf, I realized that the author of this fiction book, Jon Katz, was the same Jon Katz of the movie. I was ...more
I picked it up a couple of months ago as a review book for our junior high school, I kept passing it up and reading other books instead. Then I rented the movie, "A Dog Year" with Jeff Bridges (I like dog movies, too). The next time I looked at our review book shelf, I realized that the author of this fiction book, Jon Katz, was the same Jon Katz of the movie. I was ...more
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WOW! What a book! Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz is about Rose, a working dog on a farm and her owner, Sam. Rose has a lot of work to do as there are a lot of animals on the farm to look after. Rose tells the story which is very cool. One day a huge storm comes and Rose is put into a situation she has never been in before.
I felt a lot of emotion while reading this book which to me says that is a really good book! Rose is a wonderful dog that the reader can't help but love. I...more
I felt a lot of emotion while reading this book which to me says that is a really good book! Rose is a wonderful dog that the reader can't help but love. I...more
I recieved this book for free through Goodreads First Reads Giveaways, and I'm so glad, because I don't know when I would have gotten around to it if I hadn't!
I opened this book on the brink of falling asleep on a plane. I was immediately engrossed and felt wide awake for the whole thing. As a testament to how tired I really was, I felt asleep minutes after finishing it.
Within the first few pages you can physically feel the tension. Katz was brilliant at making us feel th...more
I opened this book on the brink of falling asleep on a plane. I was immediately engrossed and felt wide awake for the whole thing. As a testament to how tired I really was, I felt asleep minutes after finishing it.
Within the first few pages you can physically feel the tension. Katz was brilliant at making us feel th...more
If you love dogs, especially border collies, perhaps you know of Jon Katz as an author & muse about his training and relationship with his border collies. Now comes a novel based somewhat on the amazing work ethic of Rose, one of his border collies. It's told from Rose's point of view so one has to consider that in the telling, but clearly he's done his research on animal behavior, I for one am pretty happy with his insight and pray that a horrific winter storm never threatens my little home ...more
A life-threatening snowstorm, an injured farmer, a dog left alone to protect the livestock from the the freezing cold, starvation, and desperate predators. Rose stubbornly refuses to shirk her instinctive duties, no matter the cost. I resisted this book for several weeks because, although I love the author's non-fiction books about life on a sheep farm with border collies, I didn't know how I would feel about a story told from a dog's point of view. I mean, who could possibly get inside a dog's ...more
Rose is a border collie mix that is a working dog on Sam's farm. The author lives at Bedlam Farm in upstate New York, and the book shows how observant he has been watching animal behavior. When a terrible blizzard hits the farm, all of Rose's intelligence and fortitude is needed to save Sam and the animals on the farm. Most of the book is told from the point of view of Rose, getting a bit metaphysical in parts. While no human can ever really know what a dog is thinking and dreaming, Jon Katz...more
I love Jon Katz's animal books. I've read several.
This was my first fiction from Katz. I truly enjoyed reading about Rose, the border collie. I think this fictional Rose must have been based loosely on the real Rose, one of Katz's shepherding dogs at his NY farm. This book was told by Rose, and in this book she was quite the "super" dog. There was practically nothing she couldn't do or figure out. Fictional, of course, but a very enjoyable read. Katz's non-fiction bo...more
This was my first fiction from Katz. I truly enjoyed reading about Rose, the border collie. I think this fictional Rose must have been based loosely on the real Rose, one of Katz's shepherding dogs at his NY farm. This book was told by Rose, and in this book she was quite the "super" dog. There was practically nothing she couldn't do or figure out. Fictional, of course, but a very enjoyable read. Katz's non-fiction bo...more
Rose in a Storm is the first novel Katz has written in a decade; in that time Katz has changed his life completely, having moved from the suburbs of New Jersey to a small farm community in upstate New York. A large part of the reason for this move was Katz's beloved Border Collies, one of whom shares the name of the novel’s central character, Rose. The premise of the book is simple, yet powerful. A blizzard causes a state of emergency on the farm where Rose lives, and her owner is injured and ev...more
ROSE IN A STORM is, quite simply, the best dog adventure since LASSIE COME HOME-- and, with all due respect to the master, it might be even better. I confess I'm a huge fan of Katz's non-fiction books, but approached this novel with a little skepticism. As hard as I tried, I couldn't find a flaw. Brilliant, tender,rivetting, breathlessly paced and heartbreakingly authentic... I loved, loved, loved this book. It's on my list for the best book I read in 2010. Seriously.
First time reading a book by Katz, Jon. And I greatly enjoyed this book! I absolutely love the fact that book is in Rose's, the dog's, perspective. I felt like I got to literally feel her loyalty to Sam, her love over her farm, and the memories she holds. This was a book that I couldn't put down till I finished. And I will more than likely pick it up another time. It made me laugh and cry. I surely enjoyed this book and will probably be reading more of Katz in the near future.
This is an excellent fictionalized look at a working dog trapped in a nearly impossible situation. As dogs do have reasoning skills, Rose's abilities don't smack of too much "Lassie-isms", however, the climax of the story is pure fantasy. This doesn't detract from the book unless you let it.
Jon Katz seems to have done an amazing job getting into Rose's head, as well as giving us glimpses of her fellow farm animals. Sam, Rose's farmer, is suffering from the loss of his rec...more
Jon Katz seems to have done an amazing job getting into Rose's head, as well as giving us glimpses of her fellow farm animals. Sam, Rose's farmer, is suffering from the loss of his rec...more
This is a fiction dog story, loosely based on the author's beloved sheepdog, Rose. It was a good read, if overly long. Rose becomes the lone hope for the animals of Sam's farm after Sam is injured in a fall off a roof during the worst blizzard in many years. I suspect that Katz fairly accurately describes a dog's thought process, though there is obviously a bit of poetic license taken. At times the book seemed long, but I did enjoy it.
Extraordinary book - truly a "must read" if you're a dog lover...or really any sort of animal lover. This is a story of devotion, of respect, of mutual admiration and it's a love story. Poignant moments abound but they are not maudlin; well written and heartfelt. This is the story of a work dog and the work she takes responsibility for. It's about farm life and what it takes to survive on a farm. A beautiful book that's well worth reading.
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I absolutely loved this book. I think anyone would enjoy it, but if you are an animal lover, especially a dog person it will get into your soul. A really quick read, but a moving one. The author does the great job of going back and forth between the dog and the owner's perspective, but because it's written in the third person, it isn't creepy that you are following the story of a dog. I'd absolutely recommend it!
I received this book as part of the Good Reads "First Reads" giveaways program.
It is clear from reading this book that Jon Katz has worked with dogs and understands them. At first the book is told from the altering points of view of Sam, the farmer, and Rose, the dog. However it is when the viewpoint shifts almost completely to Rose that the story becomes truly interesting. I don't have a farming background and perhaps that's why I wasn't able to identify with the obstac...more
It is clear from reading this book that Jon Katz has worked with dogs and understands them. At first the book is told from the altering points of view of Sam, the farmer, and Rose, the dog. However it is when the viewpoint shifts almost completely to Rose that the story becomes truly interesting. I don't have a farming background and perhaps that's why I wasn't able to identify with the obstac...more
What a wonderful book. I actually couldn't put it down - this being said by a suspense/mystery book lover. It has been a long time since I hung onto every word in a book and looked online to make a tribute to the author. Thank you for this wonderful book. Although I am a senior citizen, I am going to tell my grandchildren to read this also.
Another excellent choice for dog lovers.This one is different in how he really gets into the minds and communication of the animals. Mid-way through the book I felt so trapped in this storm that never seemed to end, which I imagine is just what the author intended. After reading this you'll be inclined to find a job for your dog to do.
I enjoyed the book, especially having followed Katz's blog for quite a while. It naturally mirrored so much that he has said about his own Rose and the border collie work ethic. Fascinating conjecture (?) about how a dog's mind works -- and a very different point of view than another book I just finished (A Dog's Purpose).
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Jon Katz is an author, photographer, and children's book writer. He lives on Bedlam Farm with his wife, the artist Maria Wulf, his four dogs, Rose, Izzy, Lenore and Frieda, two donkeys, Lulu and Fanny, and two barn cats. His next book, "Rose In A Storm" will be published by Random House on October 5.
He is working on a collection of short stories and a book on animal grieving.
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He is working on a collection of short stories and a book on animal grieving.
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