Sarah and Zoey

A Story About the Power of Unconditional Love

By: Linda Watkins

Narrated by: Jes Forrest

2018 Readers Favorite Bronze Medalist!

From multi-award-winning author, Linda Watkins, comes a story of two women, from different walks of life, and the one dog who loved them both.

A feature writer for the Boston Globe, Sarah Palmer had it all – a beautiful apartment, a great job, and a family she adored. A thousand miles away, Mindy Sue Watson didn’t have it so good. Trapped in a marriage to an abusive alcoholic, her only pleasure was in tossing a ball to a skinny dog she’d adopted from the local shelter.

Sarah & Zoey is the tale of these two women and the one remarkable dog who saved them both. It is a story of the power of unconditional love.

©2017 Linda Watkins (P)2023 Wordwooze Publishing

Critic reviews

"Three disparate lives - two human, one canine - whirl through a circle of circumstance that is poignant, involving, and especially moving to dog lovers who want a novella about crisis, escape, and recovery. Sarah and Zoey can be read in short segments, so it's perfect for busy fiction listeners who want high drama packed into succinct chapters. The mechanics whereby loss and endangered lives heal are nicely portrayed in a winning story that emphasizes hope and offers an involving tale dog lovers will relish." --D. Donovan, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

Heartfelt emotional story

This book was extremely well written. The book was very thought provoking. You will feel the emotions as you listen.

Jes Forrest did a phenomenal job with the narration. You could feel the emotions coming out through her.

I received this audiobook for free upon my request. I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased review.

Emotional and Heartwarming

Unconditional love can be found in humans, an animal form. In Sarah and Zoey, two women and a dog find unconditional love while going through the hardest times in their lives. Mindy Sue was abused by her husband and saved when her loyal faithful dog interferes. Zoey (the dog) comes into Sarah life after the devastating accident that takes the lives of her husband and son. In my opinion, they all saved one another because of their love and devotion.
I will admit that certain characters I had a total disdain for and would have liked nothing better than to feed them to a pack of wolves. The book does contain some disturbing situations, but i was able to get past them and look for the good in the story. The story is heartbreaking and emotional but at the same time heartwarming and renewing my faith in humanity. The narrator was absolutely phenomenal her heart spoke through her words, making the story believable and thought-provoking.
I received this book for free upon my request. I am voluntarily leaving my honest, unbiased review here of my own free will.

Well written

This book has it all. Happy, sad, anger. It’s very well written and very heart touching.

accents

I appreciated the way the narrator's voice, accent and timbre fit the various characters in the story.

Amazing story, amazing narration.

Very well written and touchingly performed. The writer and narrator worked brilliantly together to convey so many emotions. I was engaged the entire time from
grief to fear to rage to elation- such a great book and definitely deserves more than one listen. Great work!

heartfelt

This story really took to me. It was sad and happy at the same time. You have someone who survived by her husband beating along with her dog. The dog also made it was adobt by another person who experienced loss. I am glad the new owner is in touch with her old