A New York Times bestseller 2012 Outstanding Book Award from the American Association of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). Allen and Linda Anderson adopted a traumatized one-year-old cocker spaniel who had been abandoned. Soon, the troubled dog they named Leaf turned their home into a war zone. Although Leaf and Allen were forging a friendship with visits to dog parks and bonding time, Leaf s emotional issues overwhelmed the couple. Shortly after Leaf s arrival, Allen, who had spent eight years as a big city police officer and survived so many close calls that Linda called him Miracle Man,...