|  | Author: Martin Scot Kosins
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 067943013X
Dewey Decimal Number: 780.92
EAN: 9780679430131
ASIN: 067943013X
Publication Date: February 15, 1994
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 Gives you more appreciate to any pet/human you'll love February 12, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After losing my Doberman, a fellow animal lover suggested the book to me. I was reluctant but finally did. I couldn't put it down, read it in one night. Cried my eyes out but in the end, the book helped me to remember the wonderful antics of my dog, good or bad, and I gained even more appreciation for having her in my life. Since then, I've lost other pets; dogs, cats, horses, rats -- during our time together, I learned to see all of their unique qualities and understand their behavior better, BEFORE they pass. I cherish this book. The author is very intune to 'life' and helped me to appreciate the gifts we are given.
You won't appreciate this until you've been there December 17, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
A friend gave me this book after I lost my first dog, a rescued collie-shepherd mix who had became my asthma alert dog and saved my life several times.
Yes, it's sappy and emotional, and anyone who has never truly bonded with a dog will not understand it. Those who have, will not make it through without crying. To persons not in a state of grief (or facing the old age of their beloved pet) it may come across as over-the-top; but for those living with the sharp and intimate pain of losing a beloved companion animal--all I can say is, I read this and cried my eyes out, and somehow it helped.
A beautifully written and touching tribute September 23, 2003
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I read "Maya's First Rose" in one seating with my 13 year old dog on my lap and a box of kleenex by my side. Martin Kosins has written a beautiful and very moving tribute to not just his own dog Maya, but to all dogs who are loved whole heartedly by their humans. I've read his famous dog prose on the 4 stages of a dogs life before (which is not in this book) and been touched, but this book was so much more than I ever expected. His final poem in the book, which is also called Maya's First Rose, is a haunting and memorable work of poetry that I have saved and will send out to those people who I know who have loved and lost a dog. I was shocked I must say to see the callous hearted "reviews" some people have here at Amazon about this same lovely book. If you have never loved a pet then why would you even read this wonderful book much less write a scathing comment about it here?
If you have never loved a pet you will never understand those who do. It is only your misfortune.
The ultimate love story... November 26, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you've ever had a dog steal your heart, then this book is for you! It will make you smile & cry. A beautiful love story...if you have the chance to buy this book, do so.
 Value of Life April 29, 2002
2 out of 21 found this review helpful
Mourning the loss of my own dog, I thought of myself as one who loves animals, likely too much, maybe even on the fringe of lunacy. I now know how well-adjusted I am, because in the author I have discovered the real lunatic fringe. With each passing chapter, my empathy decreased, reaching absolute zero when I read on page 81, "What I will not understand as long as I live is why some people value the life of a person over the life of an animal." And this comes after he tells us that he feeds his dog hamburgers! When were cows exiled from the animal kingdom? Yes, I can see preferring the love and unconditional dedication of a dog to putting up with finicky humans, but equating the value of a dog's life to that of a person's life?Should the reader expect a story of Maya's life and love, the proportion of the book that deals with dying will come as a surprise. We learn precious little of Maya herself, but lots about her owner and his compulsion to make her comfortable to the very end. Neither do we learn how to deal with the death of our own pet. Indeed the more guilt-ridden readers are made to bathe in even more guilt once they realize, in comparing their own behaviour to the author's, how unloving they must be.
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