Will's Red Coat

Tom Ryan

A true story of acceptance perseverance and the possibility of love and redemption as evocative charming and powerful as the New York Times bestseller Following Atticus.

From the author of Following Atticus an international bestseller that has inspired hundreds of thousands of people around the world comes the moving true story of a despondent and broken old dog and the man who gave him a second chance. Drawn by a fateful online post Tom Ryan with the help of his canine hiking partner Atticus M. Finch adopts Will an elderly deaf and nearly blind soul. Long neglected and filled with anger and pain Will finds himself in a curious world unlike any he has ever known.

Tom hopes to give Will a place to die with dignity surrounded by the natural beauty of the White Mountains of his New Hampshire home. But when he witnesses Will's fear and lack of trust Tom realizes that his task entails so much more. With endless patience and the same meditative empathy Tom has nurtured in his relationship with Atticus Will eventually begins to thrive. Soon an angry hurt depressed and near-death Will has transformed into a happy frolicking fellow with a puppy-like zest for discovery inspiring hundreds of thousands of people with his courage resilience and renewed heart. Will lived for two more years - to the ripe old age of 17 - and helped Tom understand a great deal about aging how to live a full life and make the best of our days.

Will's Red Coat is a real-life fairy tale of promises kept and a life-changing inviolable bond between friends. Heartbreaking uplifting and ultimately unforgettable it honours the possibility held in all of us at any stage of life.

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