Helen Brown wasn't a cat person, but her nine-year-old son Sam was. So when Sam heard a woman telling his mum that her cat had just had kittens, he pleaded to go and see them. Helen's heart melted as Sam held one of the kittens in his hands, with a look of total adoration. In a trice the deal was done - the kitten would be delivered when she was big enough to leave her mother. A week later, Sam was dead. Not long after, a little black kitten was delivered to the grieving family. Totally traumatised by Sam's death, Helen had forgotten all about the new arrival. She was ready to send the kitten back, but Sam's younger brother wanted to keep her. There was no choice: Cleo had to stay. Kitten or not, there seemed no hope of becoming a normal family. But Cleo's zest for life slowly taught the traumatised family to laugh. She went on to become the uppity high priestess of Helen's household, vetoing her new men, terrifying visiting dogs and building a special bond with Rob, his sister Lydia, Helen - and later a baby daughter.
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This is by far one of the best books ive ever read. Whether your a cat person or not you will relate to this families struggles and triumphs with this beautiful kitten.
It starts off sad with the story of losing her son, but soon picks up to happier moments.
An emotional roller coaster of a read, heart wrenching, spine tingling, joyous, hilarious. This book had me crying one minute and laughing the next. Captures the pure joy of cats and of motherhood and just life so well. Helen Brown observes life so beautifully. So very well written directly from the heart of a mother and converted cat lover. Best novel I have read in ages, real and grainy/organic as it's all true. Highly recommended.
I bought this book on speck when it came out and loved it! I have been owned by full-blooded Abyssinian so that caught my eye but it really moved me when I read it - so reminiscent of the Abys I have known. I thought at first it was an overseas autobiography but to find that the author was a Kiwi, and a Wellingtonian was an added pleasure. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would certainly recommend it to anyone who appreciates the life of a good feline.
How many customers looking at this Title say they no longer have their own cat, but would be surprised to learn that their neighbours cat is keeping a silent vigil, like the cats of ancient Eygypt over their lives.
We have one such cat that belongs to our neighbours, but spends time in our garden each day, and acts very much like Cleo, confident and completely in charge of our space. We do not feed him, or let him into the house, and yet we look out of our kitchen window in the morning and he is there and in the afternoon he is lying on the terrace outside our lounge window.
Any one who is visited by a neighbours cat on their property, will
warm to this story and be aware that the cat's visit is for all the reasons given in the book.
I only decided to read this book because it was a "WOmen's Weekly read", but am so pleased I did. A well written story of family life with the dramas that go with it. I'm not a "cat" person, but gee I felt emotional with tears at the end.
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