Ceilidh's Quest

Three time Maxwell Award winning author Gail MacMillan invites you on a very special journey in this true Maxwell Award winning story of Ceilidh's Quest. Loved by her new owner, always searching for her previous owner, Ceilidh represents the epitome in devotion, bravery, and torn loyalties. After spending three happy years with her first owner's family, circumstances force the unthinkable, and Ceilidh is sent away. Luckily, Ceilidh is placed with Gail MacMillan, a truly devoted animal lover. There, she finds an understanding heart even as she begins her restless quest for her past life. Ceilidh goes on to be a well-known show dog and is featured in one of her new mistress's books on Duck Tolling Retrievers, but will this courageous little dog ever find peace and accept the love of her new owner? The fact that some of life's deepest lessons can be learned from what we humans consider 'simple' creatures could only be picked up on by an author as sensitive and observant as Gail MacMillan. Laughter and tears flow in equal measure. ~ Rebecca Melvin, author of In the Brief Eternal Silence. With the writing of Ceilidh's Quest, Gail MacMillan has joined the ranks of the authors of such classics as Lassie, Come Home and Black Beauty. ~ Douglas Wayne Coldwell, author, educator, and breeder of champion Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. Ceilidh's Quest is a very personal treatise on the unique and reciprocal interspecies relationships that manifest between people and dogs, understood completely by incurable dog people everywhere. ~ Jim Gourlay, publisher, Eastern Woods and Waters and Saltscapes magazines. Gail MacMillan has succeeded once again to captivate dog lovers with the enchanting tale of Ceilidh. It tugs at your heart and warms your sense of family traditions. ~ Lyman Ward, Hollywood writer, director, and actor. A touching and entertaining story that even die-hard cat-lovers will find irresistible. ~ Raymond Fraser, author and Governor-General's Award nominee.


Genre: Children's Fiction