Kindle Edition Amazon Ann Massey Square-peg novels Amazon.com.au Category:  Fantasy Publisher: HP Editions ISBN-10:  099432409X Type: Fiction Pages: 323 Copyright: Feb 12, 2016 ISBN-13: 9780994324092 Price: $2.99 (eBook) Elderly schoolmarm Regina Barbaria’s joyless life takes an extraordinary turn when a mobility scooter proves to be a time machine capable of restoring youth. The Little Dog Laughed blends romance, suspense and social comedy with legionnaires, spirited women and unforgettable animals.  Ennis Price a bitter invalid, Sparky, a small dog  with a big grudge. These are the significant others in Regina Barbaria's joyless world. But the elderly schoolmarm's life changes when     Ennis purchases a mobility scooter, a modern day Tardis, a time machine with the capability to restore youth.  Suspenseful, endearingly romantic and  awash with social comedy, The Little Dog   Laughed is a riotous tale of exuberant she-   warriors, lustful legionnaires and delightful  small animals with personalities all their own.  Close both to reality and the secret world of the  imagination.   ​Click below and be transported to 61AD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078S5Q8BB

Great Book
It takes one hell of a lot of imagination to come up with a plot like this! If you heard in a couple of sentences what this story is about you may think it was madness but it is a fabulous read!

Time travelling pensioners and their dog collide with Roman history in Britain at the time of Boadicea. Instead of a Tardis they have a time travelling mobility scooter! When they arrive back in ancient Britain they are 18 years of age and caught up in an adventure with a great array of characters.

As I love any story about Roman Britain especially books by Simon Scarrow, I was worried I might find fault in the historical elements but the author has done a great job of weaving a story around real characters and events from the past and even given us some romance.

There is some humor, but this book is also a page turning adventure and I loved the ending!

Highly recommended!

What the fun is all about
Ann Massy turned what could have been a boring history book into a fun read with some education thrown in for good measure.
I truly LOVED Sparky . He reminded me of our Yorkie who always seems to be sending me mental messages that I usually misinterpret.

Ennis and Reggie are very real characters who are moving in the last quarters of their lives and not communicating very well. They get a second chance at happiness.
Going back and forward in time is something I have often wondered about and this story gave me a taste of what it might be like.

I like the author's style of writing. This is the second of her books and entirely different than the first. I would highly recommend either to anyone.
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Extraordinary and delightful feat of imaginative writing
It isn't often that I actually chuckle, laugh, or otherwise make sounds of delight when I read a book. The Little Dog Laughed is a rare exception, as some passengers on last week's flight JQ516 from Melbourne to Sydney might attest. I was dazzled by Ann Massey's repertoire of wit, irony and outright comedy in this time travel story of Reggie and Ennis, and their intrepid dog Sparky. The author combines a wealth of knowledge about love, dog psychology, Latin, and Roman history in a stylistically deft novel that defies genre categorisation. Congratulations and thanks for the pleasure!