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Sheltered

Sheltered explores the power of love between people and their adopted animals, and how those individual animals have changed and enriched people’s lives.

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A Dolphin Called Jock

This book is the international equivalent of Melody’s Australian memoir, A Dolphin Called Jock. It is published by Greystone Books in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom…

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A Cat Called Q and the Magic Globe

When Sheri shakes a mysterious-looking snow globe she discovers in a charity shop, her whole world is turned upside down when she suddenly finds herself inside it, along with her best friend Shawn…

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The Dolphin who Saved Me

In her memoir ‘A dolphin called Jock’ and the US/UK version ‘The dolphin who saved me’, Melody Horrill describes how she was a traumatized young woman hiding behind a carefully crafted exterior…

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Stories of rescue animals and the people who were saved by them

Dymocks Australia’s Non-Fiction book of the Month, September 2024, and Dymocks' sixth best-selling non-fiction nationwide.

Sheltered explores the power of love between people and their adopted animals,

and how those individual animals have changed and enriched people's lives. These real-life, heartfelt stories showcase the deep bonds forged between rescue animals, whether they be dogs, cats, ferrets, horses, rabbits or donkeys, and the people who give them a second chance.

Sheltered features more than thirty short true stories sourced from around Australia

Each heartfelt story explores the power of love and how companion animals enrich our lives, and how we, in turn, are transformed by their unconditional love

Animals that had been discarded, lost, abandoned, or neglected by their previous humans.

Find forever homes and bring joy, devotion, and hope to the those who adopt them. Uplifting and inspiring, Sheltered is for the animal lover in all of us.

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The Dolphin who Saved Me

The internationally acclaimed book about Melody’s remarkable relationship with a wild dolphin and how he helped her heal from a childhood wracked by domestic violence...

A Cat Called Q and the Magic Globe

When Sheri shakes a mysterious-looking snow globe...

A Dolphin Called Jock

Melody's relationship with a wild, disfigured, solitary dolphin called Jock...

Sheltered

True stories about how the animals we rescue often save us...

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