About
About The Author
David Emerson Trim
This book is David’s first novel. Luckily, he had a muse. With fur.
David was a professional advertising copywriter and creative director for decades, leading teams that generated literally billions of dollars. Much of it for charities. About the time he decided he wanted to write SOMETHING of his own, a Bernese Mountain Dog named Bowzer came into the lives of David and his wife Christine. Not sure who rescued whom.
This fella was a brilliant and creative boy. A great communicator. Not coincidentally, David soon decided to write a book about a dog that learns to speak English through the help of an exceptional young man on the autism spectrum. Together, the unlikely interspecies team challenges our assumptions about human superiority through a dog’s point of view. Lido tells us the truth about ourselves. And everything else.
For three years, Bowzer was by David’s side, lying across his feet as he wrote, and taking the rookie novelist out into the light and fresh air several times a day to walk among Bowzer’s widespread fan club. He taught David a lot.
Bowzer inspired every corner of this saga set in a fictional version of David’s West Texas home town. Much of this story is literally his.
And on the day—literally THE day—David delivered the book’s final draft to the publisher, Bowzer died. Up and died without warning. His mission was done. Now, Bowzer has moved on to some other mission somewhere out there in the universe.
If I were pulling the cosmic strings on this story I’m fixin’ to lay out, I doubt if I would’ve picked this little old town. If I was in charge of diving into the nature of things and challenging humans’ precious little idea that you’re the most important thing in the universe, I think I would have had enough sense to do it somewhere more important. London. Jerusalem. Fort Worth.
What People Say
I love Lido and Danny. It was brilliant that “nothing heals being shot in the ear like a cold Lonestar and some Mexican dip.” Holy smoke! It’s really special and amazing.
Mind-blowing! Its one-of-a-kind narrator explores love, loss, family, small town ways and the bond between humans and animals through a very special, highly engaging lens.
So funny and insightful! A dog that not only speaks English, but is eloquent, observant, and knowledgeable about everything from football to Einstein—it’s just great fun.
So intelligent and fierce but dealt with such kindness. Instantly lovable. You’ve already altered my relationships with my dogs and cats.
Love the dogs in the kennel, and in the scrub. The shorthand that dogs have. Love the spiritual aspect of blue dogs. And timelessness. Really good premise. Bravo.