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“In all seasons of life, there are times we feel unmoored. Sit, Cinderella, Sit, chronicles one such time with honesty, insight, and hope. It’s one of those stories that helps you remember that kindness and love are universal languages, best spoken by dogs.”
—Julie Barton, author of Dog Medicine, How My Dog Saved Me From Myself
“With a quick-witted tone and the creative lens of a gifted filmmaker, Lisa Cheek takes us through the mid-life resurrection of a woman who isn’t afraid to make her own way. In the end, she reminds us that we aren’t meant to do life solo and that true surrender requires far more strength than weakness.”
—Julie Cantrell, author of Perennials
“With tenderness, wit, and curiosity, Lisa Cheek takes you on an eye-popping adventure that proves it’s never too late to find your true place in the world.”
—Rona Maynard, author of Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging and Loving This World
“Refreshingly candid and insightful, Sit, Cinderella, Sit, is an entertaining memoir of one woman’s international journey in search of authentic love—for herself, for humanity, and for those powerful teachers we call dogs.”
—Michael Konik, author of Ella in Europe: An American Dog’s International Adventure
“Here is a fresh voice, a wise old soul with a bouncy young attitude and the golden gift of capturing the bright shards of life. Her sketches of the precarious life of the people who make the wheels of Hollywood go round are totally convincing . . . an unimaginable adventure filled with all the pain and joy of a complete life . . .”
—Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
“Lisa Cheek’s can’t-put-it-down memoir seems so blithely written, it feels like you’re dishing about life with your best friend. All of a sudden, you realize you’re smitten with the story and have been touched by its sweetness. Transfixed and transformed, I found magic on every page of this thoroughly delightful modern-day fairy tale.”
—Debra Landwehr Engle, bestselling author of The Only Little Prayer You Need and Twenty
“What an adventure! Lisa Cheek gives us a raw and heartfelt story any dog lover will relate to. Travel, dogs, and a peek into the unglamorous side of Hollywood by way of China—what more could a reader want?”
—Teresa J. Rhyne, author of The Dog Lived (and So Will I) and Poppy In The Wild
“Sit, Cinderella, Sit is vivid, enticing, and heartfelt. I was right there with her minute by (often) uncomfortable and (very often) poignant minute.”
—Patti Eddington, author of The Girl with Three Birthdays
“Cheek takes us on a delightful and charming journey through an almost hidden part of the world. Sit, Cinderella, Sit has a bit of everything that will you want to read again and again.”
—Christy Warren, author of Flash Point
