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    My Life in the Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

    By Gwen Cooper

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    Celebrate the human-feline bond with all its joys, mysteries, and life-changing moments. 

    Gwen Cooper—author of the blockbuster bestseller Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life With a Blind Wonder Cat—returns with the ongoing adventures of her much-beloved, world-famous fur family. Ideal for new readers and longtime fans alike, this memoir told in eight purr-fect cat stories is filled with all the humor and heart Gwen’s devoted readership has come to know and love. 

    Raised in a dog-loving family, Gwen never pictured herself as a “cat person.”  But from the very first feline she adopted—an adorable five-week-old rescue kitten, slow to learn how to trust after life on the streets—Gwen was smitten.  Eventually one rescue kitten became five, and all the ups and downs of a life with cats are lovingly depicted here: From the obsessive cat who teaches himself to play fetch and demands it morning, noon, and night from his hapless human mom; to the crafty white beauty who raises outside-the-litter-box thinking to the level of an art form; to the routine vet trip that turns into a hijinks-filled misadventure on the streets of Manhattan with three (VERY cranky!) felines in tow. And Homer, the Blind Wonder Cat himself, returns triumphant in new tales of life and love after worldwide fame. 

    Sure to be treasured by cat lovers everywhere, My Life in a Cat House will leave you laughing out loud, shedding an occasional tear, and hugging your own cat a little bit closer.  Read and rejoice!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBenBella Books
    Release dateOct 30, 2018
    ISBN9781946885548
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    My Life in the Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines
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    Gwen Cooper

    Gwen Cooper is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoirs Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat; Homer: The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat; My Life in a Cat House; and Spray Anything: More True Tales of Homer and the Gang, as well as the novel Love Saves the Day (narrated from a rescue cat's perspective) and PAWSOME! Head Bonks, Raspy Tongues, and 101 Reasons Why Cats Make Us So, So Happy--among numerous other titles. Gwen's work has been published in more than two-dozen languages, and she is a frequent speaker at shelter fundraisers across the U.S. and Europe.Gwen lives in New Jersey with her husband, Laurence. She also lives with her two perfect cats--Clayton "the Tripod" and his litter-mate, Fanny--who aren't impressed with any of it.

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    • 3/5
      Gwen Cooper, author of Homer's Odyssey, featuring the now infamous Homer, the Blind Wonder Cat, writes more tales about her cats, including Homer. She talks about her life, her loves, her time spent between New York and Miami. She relates episodes from cats contemporary to Homer and cats who came into her life later. Some are humorous; most will be appreciated by cat lovers. The book bogged down at times with too much of the author's own story or with excess verbiage. Still it's a fun read for cat lovers. I received an advance electronic copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      Anyone who has owned, or been owned, by a cat will surely appreciate and enjoy these frank tales of author Gwen Cooper. She recounts how she came to adopt her first cat as a young kitten, and how sometimes, you have to change your expectations. Cats are all different, and there as many personalities are there are cats. You may identify with some of the problems she encountered with her growing cat family as she introduced them to new friends and moved them to new homes. Especially entertaining was her account of taking three cats in their three carriers to the vet via two taxis. It was not an excursion for the faint of heart or one anyone would want to repeat. She also recounts the sad days that every pet will sooner or later experience, that of saying goodbye to a beloved pet. Well written and enchanting, this collection will amuse and touch the hearts the cat lovers.