{"id":5397,"date":"2012-10-25T11:10:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=5397"},"modified":"2012-10-25T11:10:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T17:10:44","slug":"the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain-by-garth-stein-4-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/book\/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain-by-garth-stein-4-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (4 stars)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;This is what I would like. To play in those fields for a little longer. To spend a little more time being me before I become someone else.&quot; &#8212; Enzo, the dog<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061537969\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0061537969&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ahwilde-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; display: inline\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0061537969&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=ahwilde-20\" \/><\/a>The Art of Racing in the Rain<\/em>, by Garth Stein, was presented to me as an easy, quick read. I agree, although I misinterpreted that as meaning light. To be honest, I&#8217;m surprised the conceit of the book that the narrator is a dog works so very well. I would not have expected the entwined theme of racing cars to work for me, either. Somehow, the book &#8212; the narrator, Enzo &#8212; overcame my resistance and disbelief and moved me to tears. This book is heavy, but a good read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;This is what I would like. To play in those fields for a little longer. To spend a little more time being me before I become someone else.&quot; &#8212; Enzo, the dog The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, was presented to me as an easy, quick read. I agree, although I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/book\/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain-by-garth-stein-4-stars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (4 stars)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5398,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5397\/revisions\/5398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}