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Hoping For A Home: How a woman with a big heart gave new lives to animals in need

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I absolutely loved this book and was finding myself going to bed early to read it, having 4 dogs of my own I don't get a lot of peace during the day.
The stories were heartfelt,heartbreaking and many of them would make you wonder just what sort of "person" using the term loosely, would treat animals the way many of them that Tony and Janie had to deal with had, it broke my heart and made me extremely angry. Why cant animals be treated with love and respect.People buy dogs,cats etc,then get fed up with them and ill treat them and then dump them. It is appalling.,and those people deserve to be treated in the same manner, but what happens, nothing, a slap on the wrist and a ridiculously small fine.

Yes she did use a few swear words in the book, but she actually made me laugh.

I love animals and find it almost impossible to deal with the fact that so many animals are badly treated.

Thank god for people like, Janie,Tony,Anna and Marie and everyone else that has rescued animals from a bad situation.

A book to treasure.

I saw this book for sale in asda, and it caught my attention right away, i read the back and i though i have to have it. I wasnt wrong the first chapter had me in tears and the other chapters i have read touched my heart. The different stories of the different things they had to deal with and the animals that needed there help from an abused dog, a sheep caught in barbed wire, a talking parrot who stole there hearts and ( rather funny) to wild ferell cats having kittens, all the stories i have read so far are wonderful and the outcome fab, i have knocked of one star for this book as the first chapter was great but going further on in the book there is alot of swearwords and i was shocked to see how often language was used in the book and thats very dissopointing to me as i dont use language and to have to read it in a book is really spoiling it for me and wish there was a copy with out it all so to me thats the down side to this book but the stories are beautiful yet sad. All in all if you can get over the language then you will love this book.

The book really gets into the working life of an animal rescue person. However, I did not particularly want to know about the author's smoking habits. If most of those bits were edited out, the book would be better. And she really is a lady with a big heart. The stories are fantastic.

What a lovely book this is!! It made me laugh, it made me cry, a great all rounder. Some of the stories are heart wrenching, it makes you wonder how some people are so cruel. I loved reading about Janie and her family, she takes you through ups and downs and I found the book so easy to read that I could really connect to her and anna. Yes there is some mild language-mostly humorus and I felt totally fitted for the story, making it completely realistic!
I have passed my copy onto a friend who is also thoroughly enjoying the book. I can't wait to read more from Janie!

This was a good book, heart warming but also very indicative of our times when people can be so cruel to animals, cruel to animals and they are cruel to all creatures, only minus in the book was the amount of swearing used, I felt this was unnecessary, you should be able to get your point across without this.

It's the best book I've ever read. I couldn't stop reading ! I would definitely recommend this book to any animal lover. It was inspiring and interesting and I was upset to have to finish it.

I thought I'd get my pennies worth in after reading some negative points about this book. I believe some people are looking past the whole point of this book. It's been written how it happened, told through the authors' eyes. I note that a few people have commented about their dislike for the 'smoking' and 'swearing' but, what they fail to see is how it's these sort of things that make it more realistic, not made up and fake! It's true stories, not made up to be fluffy and full of happy endings..... It's not a book of short fairy tails, It's a book full of real heartache, frustration and anger! And quite frankly, anyone who claims they would not swear, when faced with some of the horrifying events that Janie did, or find comfort and release in lighting a ciggarette, you're wrong. I have too, worked for the RSPCA and have seen many horrors of my own, and Janie has described the thoughts and feelings that you endure impeccabley.
Without a doubt the best of this genre to read.

Highly recommended

"Hoping for a Home" is a wonderfull collection of true stories from the working life of an RSPCA Shelter manager and her family.
There are probably a lot of people who know of the RSPCA and similar Rescue Shelters, but who do not realise what life is like behind the scenes for the staff who work in them.
There are 20 chapters with each being a different story, not only og domesticv pets, but also of wildlife creatures and farm animals. The stories are amusing, heartwarming, sad and thought provoking.
Any animal lover will enjoy this book. It would also be a good read for anyone thinking of pursuing a career in pet rescue, as it is an easy to read true account of the type of work to expect, it is factual but not text book.
Thoroughly recommended.

The other comments which complain about the swearing are rubbish! The sweraing is not very often and believe me, when you love animals and are faced with remebering memories of animals being abused, you do swear...alot, its what happens when something you have a sheer love of, gets hurt and let down. Your anger comes out in all sorts of ways! This book is beautifully writen and when id reached the last of the book, i was left wanting more! I really wish that our RSPCA had a Janie, as when i once phoned up the Sheffield RSPCA,reporting a dog makeing a horrible screaming noise, as it was shut in a dark shed in a garden, without anyone showing up to feed it or take it out, the RSPCA refused to come out and investigate. So i said what about the TV shows that show you all devoted to saving animals, the woman on the reciever replied, " thats all for TV love" and with that comment, i said thank you and put the phone down, upset and very angry. Since that i have always looked down on the RSPCA, but the woman in this book has made me rethink.

This book by the amazing person Janie Ritson, is a collection of stories about her life working at the RSPCA. It really made me cry in parts as she played such a huge part in the animals lives and helped them so much. I would love to work with animals and it has been a real eye opener. There was one part when Janie was going quit her job but I knew she wouldn't and she didn't.
Deffinately buy this book!