Merry Dachshund!

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xmas-picNeed a stocking filler, a good read, or a cute dachshund Christmas ornament?

Just for Christmas Amazon Best Seller ‘Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds’ comes with a free gift – a handmade dachshund Christmas ornament. The book is also signed by the author, Lisa Fleetwood. 

$22.99 for book and dachshund ornament local Penrith area/Blue Mountains delivery. 

*For postage Australia wide: $29.99

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Praise for Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds

“A likable author makes for a likable, dog-centric travel book.” – Kirkus Review

“Fleetwood’s resulting chronicle of a multigenerational family trip—88 days, 15 countries, and 60 dachshund spottings—has an invitingly chatty tone that makes one feel like one is traveling with her.” – Kirkus Review

“I highly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys memoirs, travelogues, history, who has a love for pets, or who is just looking for a great read in general.” – Reviewed By Tracy Slowiak for Readers’ Favorite

‘Destination Dachshund is a truly delightful read with many laugh out loud moments. And it isn’t just a book about travel – even though the extraordinary array of travel experiences captured between the pages is epic. The author unpacks with warmth and humour the intricacies of family relationships, our love of pets, and the joys of travelling with dodgy-kneed grandparents. And then there’s the hilarious dachshund spotting competition. I now find myself scanning walkways and parks for these spunky little dogs.’ —  Vanessa, Sydney

“A truly engaging read that is so much more than a travel memoir. Not only does Lisa take us on her 3-month trip of a life time, she also takes us into the heart of her family. While the Fleetwood’s travel through Europe, they must also navigate their own grief. Destination Dachshund is a remarkable book – filled with honesty and humour, and the sights, smells and sounds of amazing locations. It will make you want to hug the ones you love, then book a flight somewhere!” – Sharyn, Springwood, NSW 

Kirkus Review for Destination Dachshund

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Bookends Publishing is pleased to share that Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds has received a book review from one of the most prestigious brands in publishing – Kirkus Reviews. Servicing the book industry since the 1930’s, Kirkus Reviews ‘stands for integrity, honesty and accessible reviews written with an insider’s eye’.

“A likable author makes for a likable, dog-centric travel book.” – Kirkus Review

“Fleetwood’s resulting chronicle of a multigenerational family trip—88 days, 15 countries, and 60 dachshund spottings—has an invitingly chatty tone that makes one feel like one is traveling with her.” – Kirkus Review

“…Fleetwood can be a sensitive observer and she has an admirable fascination with and respect for history.” – Kirkus Review

Author Robin Elizabeth joins Bookends Publishing

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coama_book-cover-v1-hrThe newest addition to the Bookends Publishing library: Confessions of a Mad Mooer: Postnatal Depression Sucks by Robin Elizabeth.

I am so pleased to welcome Robin Elizabeth and her heartfelt, funny, and moving memoir to Bookends Publishing. Destination Dachshund and I were getting very lonely. 😉

Confessions of a Mad Mooer is Robin’s story of her time in a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with postnatal depression. Coping the only way she knew how – through her writing – Robin honest and often witty blog posts from on the inside are touching, funny and bring light to a subject matter that is often swept under the carpet.

Robin’s first blog entry from ‘the inside’, the psychiatric hospital she found herself in with her newborn twins can be read HERE

Confessions of a Mad Mooer: Postnatal Depression Sucks is out in December 2016 in print and ebook.

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5 Star Reviews for Destination Dachshund

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STS_DD Ebook V5.2Bookends Publishing is pleased to share that Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds has received the Readers’ Favorite 5 Star seal and three wonderful reviews.

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Reviewed By Tracy Slowiak for Readers’ Favorite

In a simply delightful memoir penned by author Lisa Fleetwood, Destination Dachshund: A Travel Memoir – Three Months, Three Generations and Sixty Dachshunds, readers will be treated to a fun, funny, heartwarming and even an educational retelling of the travels of the Fleetwood family through 15 countries. The family, with teenagers and in-laws participating in the journey, leave for their epic trip just days after their beloved dachshund, Coco, passes away. While in Russia, they spot two engaging dachshunds, both wearing winter coats, and that spurs a new family game. With the search on for dachshunds across their travels, the family experiences are recounted with humor and love, and a great deal of history thrown in as well.

I very much enjoyed Destination Dachshund: A Travel Memoir. Author Lisa Fleetwood has done a wonderful job in telling the story of her family’s amazing adventure in an engaging style that will keep readers turning the pages from the start all the way through until the very end. This book is full of history, and information is provided about each of the family’s stops on their trip that many will find informative and interesting. I highly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys memoirs, travelogues, history, who has a love for pets, or who is just looking for a great read in general. I certainly hope that author Lisa Fleetwood would consider writing another book in the future. With her obvious talent, it’s sure to be an excellent read!

Reviewed By Chris Fischer for Readers’ Favorite

What a fun book I just finished reading! Destination Dachshund: A Travel Memoir – Three Months, Three Generations and Sixty Dachshunds by author Lisa Fleetwood is the tale of an amazing family trip taken with both her in-laws and her teenagers across fifteen countries. What do dachshunds have to do with any of this? Continue reading →

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