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In his first book, Marley and Me, John Grogan offers a hilarious and heartwarming look at the joys and tribulations of sharing your life with a dog. A #1 international bestseller, a film version of the book, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, is scheduled for release on Christmas Day. In his newly published, already bestselling memoir The Longest Trip Home, Grogan describes an idyllic childhood in suburban Detroit and youthful escapades under the watchful eye of his devoutly Catholic parents. His religious estrangement from, and ultimate reconciliation with, his father and the role of Catholicism in his life is told with his trademark blend of humor and pathos.