Like
many of us, DuPont had family pets in childhood but had spent two
decades of adulthood without pets. Then a marriage, a move to
Michigan and a stray cat changed that.
DuPont,
adopted, had been trying to find her birth mother. She did manage to
see her but never meet her. Letters to her went unanswered. She
received word that her birth mother had died right around the time
the first stray cat, Kit Kat, showed up. The cat helped her through
the emotional process. DuPont also relates how the two cats they took
in helped her with her anxiety issues. Holding the cats and rocking
with them in her lap was very soothing.
This
is a good book to show the connection we can have with animals and
the healing opportunities they offer us. As a person with a few cats
in the house myself, I enjoyed all the fun stories. The DuPonts had tried to
leave the cat at another farm, and that the cat would travel eight
miles back to them was amazing. I also learned a few things about cat
care, such as the technique to use when moving to a new house.
DuPont's
writing style is soothing. There are no particularly well crafted
sentences that stood out. There is just the gentle and thoughtful
account of how cats helped her heal areas in her life and provided a
great deal of satisfaction.
I
recommend this book to cat lovers or those considering getting a cat
as a household pet.
You
can download an excerpt here.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Lonnie
Hull DuPont is an award-winning poet, book editor, and writer. Her
poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she is the author
of several books of nonfiction, including five compilations of animal
stories under the pseudonym of Callie Smith Grant. A member of the
Cat Writers Association, she lives in rural Michigan with her husband
and their cats.
Revell,
240 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher for
the purpose of an independent and honest review.
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