Cleo: The Cat Who Mended a Family
We're just going to look. Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to visit a friend's new kittens. But the runt of the litter was irresistible, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin. When Cleo was delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing...
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We're just going to look. Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to visit a friend's new kittens. But the runt of the litter was irresistible, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin. When Cleo was delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing that her new family had just been hit by a tragedy. Helen was sure she couldn't keep her—until she saw something she thought had vanished from the earth forever: her son's smile. The reckless, rambunctious kitten stayed.Through happiness and heartbreak, changes and new beginnings, Cleo turned out to be the unlikely glue that affectionately held Helen's family together. Rich in wisdom, wit, heart, and healing, here is the story of a cat with an extraordinary gift for knowing just where she was needed most."A remarkable memoir...I realized that Helen Brown didn't break my heart at all—she opened it."—Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt"An absolute must."—Cat World "The next Marley & Me. Even non cat-lovers will be moved."—Good Housekeeping
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780806534411 (0806534419)
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Citadel Press
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Book Club,
Adult,
Family,
Contemporary,
Animals,
Cats,
Relationships
Mein erster Eindruck des Buches war: „Um Himmelswillen!“ Denn die Ausgabe, welche ich besitze, ist verdammt Rosa mit einem kleinen Kätzchen, das in einer Tasse liegt. Es ähnelt dem Kätzchen, das später beschrieben wird, nicht wirklich, was etwas Schade ist, aber eigentlich auch nicht so wichtig. Das...
AS a life-long cat-lover, I had a hard time getting going here. The author is a journalist/features writer in New Zealand, and she tells how it was that she, definitely NOT a cat person, acquired a small kitten, and how that kitten brought her family through the trauma of losing a child, and then a ...
Yet another book that I tried really hard to like. When the author is talking about Cleo, the book gets interesting, even if she does anthropormorphise her pet. Otherwise, there's plenty of self-pity, whining, and a backhanded slap to the good people of Christchurch, New Zealand. While I can underst...
As someone who up until recently was also more of a 'dog person' than a 'cat person', but now has 2 cats of my own, I could relate to how (despite their independent and sometimes stand offish temperament), just how much love a cat can bring to your home with their funny playfulness and unpredictable...
Non ci sono cambiamenti nella vita di un gatto.Solo avventure.Ho deciso che non leggerò più libri sugli animali, o almeno ci proverò. Io e Marley me lo aveva fatto capire, ma io sono un tipo da gatti, quindi questo libro mi ha tentata troppo. Non avrei dovuto leggerlo. Prima cosa, la storia del gatt...
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