Christmas with Tucker

The touching prequel to the sleeper hit A Dog Named Christmas

GREG KINCAID, author of A Dog Named Christmas, is a practising lawyer in Lansa and helped to start the Changing Lives Through Literature programme and has served as the chairman of the Optimist Oratory Contest for the last seven years. He lives on a farm in western Johnson County, Kansas, with his wife, five children, and two dogs.

There was never any question that young George McCray would grow up to be a man, but there was a big question about the kind of man he'd grow up to be. It is the winter of 1962, snow is piling higher by the day, and George is called upon to endure more than most men could withstand. With the help of his grandparents and Tucker, his beloved Irish setter, George must navigate through life's most difficult challenges and find the strength to walk on the road that leads to healing, growing up and finding his true self. 
 
George's journey is our shared human journey. A coming-of-age story suitable for readers of all ages; Christmas with Tucker is a classic Christmas story about a young man's love for his dog, his family and his farm.

Greg Kincaid

Slight in volume and big in heart, this sentimental tale ... is the perfect Xmas gift for dog lovers ... If you loved Louis De Bernieres' Red Dog, you'll love this.

Here's a book to curl up with in front of the fire!

When Todd, a developmentally challenged young man still living on his parents' Kansas farm, hears that a local animal shelter is seeking temporary homes for its dogs during the holiday week, he knows exactly what he wants for Christmas. 
 
Animals are Todd's first love, and his persistence quickly overwhelms his father's objections to befriending a canine, a reluctance that proves to have a painful origin. 
 
The family takes in a very special animal, and the shelter's Christmas adoption programme soon grows larger than anyone had hoped. By the story's end, Todd, with the help of a dog named Christmas, has taught an entire community the transformative power of goodwill and shared love - a lesson for all seasons.

Greg Kincaid

Praise for A Dog Named Christmas

Slight in volume and big in heart, this sentimental tale ... is the perfect Xmas gift for dog lovers ... If you loved Louis De Bernieres' Red Dog, you'll love this.

Here's a book to curl up with in front of the fire!

Books by Greg Kincaid

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