One of the Family: Why A Dog Called Maxwell Changed My Life - The Sunday Times bestseller

· Hodder & Stoughton · Narrated by Nicky Campbell
3.0
2 reviews
Audiobook
7 hr 1 min
Unabridged
Eligible
Ratings and reviews aren’t verified  Learn More
Want a 42 min sample? Listen anytime, even offline. 
Add

About this audiobook

Long Lost Family presenter and Radio 5 breakfast show host Nicky Campbell reveals how the simple unconditional love of Maxwell, his Labrador, turned his life around and helped him come to terms with his difficult journey as an adopted child.

Dogs have been the common link between the key moments in Nicky Campbell's life: there was Toby, the dog he never knew and who sat devotedly by his cot before his adoption, and then the adorable fox terrier Candy, who arrived soon after he was happily adopted. Nothing could replace the loss of Candy when he died suddenly, when Nicky was only eleven.

Yet it took the arrival of Maxwell, an affectionate Labrador, for Nicky to uncover the simple truth a dog can reveal. The long journey he's been on to cope with the difficult emotions of his adoption, the discovery of his birth parents, his fears of abandonment and the solace he's taken in animals of all kinds, have led Nicky to truly understand the life-changing lesson a dog can teach us: that when we strip away our follies and foibles, the only thing we ever really need in life is love that is given and received freely and unconditionally - just the way a dog does.

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Ratings and reviews

3.0
2 reviews

About the author

Nicky Campbell is a BAFTA-winning radio and TV presenter who co-hosted BBC Radio 5's Breakfast Show for twenty years. He now hosts his own talk show on BBC 5 Live. He has also presented ITV's Long Lost Family since 2011, and is closely involved with several adoption, animal and conservation charities. He lives in London with his wife Tina, their four daughters, a Labrador called Maxwell and two West Highland Terriers.

Rate this audiobook

Tell us what you think.

Listening information

Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.