Author • Speaker
How One Good Boy Saved Another
Author • Speaker
A Dog Powered Journey
Donnie Kanter Winokur
Donnie Kanter Winokur is a writer, speaker, and human rights advocate. A native of New Jersey, she studied theatre at Catholic University and earned a degree in psychology from Emory University in Atlanta. After honing her skills writing and producing advertising campaigns for clients throughout the Southeast, she created award-winning projects for Discovery, the Smithsonian Institute, and Broderbund/Random House.
Books
The success of Chancer: How One Good Boy Saved Another – A Memoir catapulted Winokur into Amazon's Top 50 Most Popular Authors in Biographies and Memoirs.
Winokur's compelling storytelling and advocacy work have made her a sought-after speaker and writer. Her personal experiences and insights continue to inspire and educate others about the transformative power of service dogs in supporting individuals and families living with disabilities. Her writing focuses on the intersection of disabilities, service dogs, and child welfare.
My Invisible World: Life with My Brother, His Disability, and His Service Dog
My Invisible World: Life with My Brother, His Disability, and His Service Dog
My Invisible World: Life with My Brother, His Disability, and His Service Dog
“My Invisible World” is a unique inside account of the daily issues that arise for a child that lives with an invisible brain injury. Winokur, describes her brother’s disability with tween-humor and addresses her struggles in knowing she is mentally and physically healthy while her brother has disabilities beyond her ability to fix. Morasha and her brother, Iyal, are non-biological siblings who were adopted by a loving couple and traveled from Russia to their new family’s home in Georgia.
Chancer: How One Good Boy Saved Another: A Memoir
My Invisible World: Life with My Brother, His Disability, and His Service Dog
My Invisible World: Life with My Brother, His Disability, and His Service Dog
Desperate to alleviate her son’s constant rages and their crushing toll on the family, Donnie comes up with an innovative, untested, four-pawed solution: a golden retriever service dog named Chancer. Chancer is specially trained to give Iyal a unique love he desperately needs. But in this true-life tale infused with moments of despair, tenderness, and humor, Chancer turns out to be what the entire family has needed to stay—and grow—together.
Nuzzle: Love Between a Boy and His Service Dog
My Invisible World: Life with My Brother, His Disability, and His Service Dog
Nuzzle: Love Between a Boy and His Service Dog
Nuzzle is a sensitive and humorous portrayal of adoption, disability, and the unconditional relationship between a boy and his service dog, Chancer. It is written through the eyes, ears, nose, paws, and voice of Chancer
and designed as an early reader for six to eight year olds. Readers will learn how this irresistible 90-lb. golden retriever helps to raise his special ‘human’ boy. This book will forever change the way you think about brain injury and second chances.
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Donnie Kanter Winokur
Roswell, Georgia, USA
