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    The Landlady: Based on a True Story
    The Landlady: Based on a True Story
    The Landlady: Based on a True Story
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    The Landlady: Based on a True Story

    By David Quattrone

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    Goliath, an oversized Doberman pinscher, and his owner working on construction need to find a place to live in Long Island. This would not be an easy task considering the dogs fierce and vicious appearance, not too many people were willing to rent their apartments out to a man with a dog like that. Throughout their journey the pair meet different people who all had the same answer-no. Finally, a ray of hope was found in a little Puerto Rican lady from suburban Port Jefferson, Long Island who agrees to take Goliath in also in exchange for some help on her aging house that was in dire need of repair.


    With their newly found ray of hope, they knew little of the never ending, twisting, and turning road into a deeper madness awaiting them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 26, 2005
    ISBN9781463476861
    The Landlady: Based on a True Story
    Author

    David Quattrone

    Born at Bethpage hospital in Long Island  New York.  Then placed into the loving hands of Veronica, his mother of whom just a few years earlier stepped down off an ocean liner arriving from Liverpool England where she herself had been born into the world shortly before the unfortunate outbreak world war two. David spent his early years growing up in Islip Long Island. David out grew his Islip Home at the newly mature age of 19, then began his building career the hard way as a humble roofing helper at a local shop. David then after many years of hard work became very skilled at the trades especially carpentry, and so this true story had been born.

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