Book Review: "For Bea"
Written by Peacegal Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:21
It is an unfortunate truth that the vast majority of animal lovers will never read a book about animal testing. Most people simply will not pick up a book that they perceive will be filled with gloomy statistics and hard-to-read descriptions of cruelty. Thus the populace chooses to remain ignorant on the subject.
For Bea, however, is an entirely different animal: it’s not a book about experiments, but rather about a stray dog who somehow escaped a research lab and her journey to recovery in a loving home. Like similar books about dogs rescued after years of confinement in puppy mills, the story really drives home that these animals are not inert matter, but individual personalities in their own right.
The writing style didn’t especially speak to me; let’s just say it’s easy to tell the author is an older lady. To me, her declaration that she doesn’t know what the ultimate answer is about animal testing; she’d prefer to let God decide feels like a cop-out. However, her gentle, chatty voice is likely to draw in readers who would normally bypass other books about animal rescue.
This is a title to recommend to animal lovers, particularly those in the senior set—as well as those who would not normally read a book about vivisection. It breaches a sensitive and touchy issue without frightening readers away.
I purchased a copy of For Bea for my library.
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