Is it possible for humans to find the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy doggie? Just inquire the Grogans.

John and Jenny were just starting their life jointly. They were young and in love, with not a treatment in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellowish furball of a puppy. Life would never end up being the same.

Marley grew right into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through display screen doors, gouged through drywall, and stole women’s undergarments. Obedience school did no great — Marley was expelled.

And Marley joyfully refused any kind of limits in his behavior, his like and commitment were boundless, as well. Marley continued to be a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit’s end. Unconditional like, they would find out, comes in many forms.

Marley & Me personally is John Grogan’s funny, unforgettable tribute to this wonderful, wildly neurotic Lab and this is he brought to their lives.