Cat People

Cat People

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Korda, Michael
HARPERCOLLINS
EAN: 9780061740190
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With characteristic wit, selfeffacing charm and sheer, exuberant love of a good cat story, New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda and his wife Margaret Korda recount their lives as &quote;cat people,&quote; beginning with Margaret's passion for cats (and Michael's reluctant midlife transformation into a cat person), and introducing readers to a hilarious assortment of people whose life revolvesoften to an extraordinary degreearound their cat, or cats, from Cleopatra a transatlantic traveler who found happiness in Paris to Wally, the epitome of feline dignity. Here are people who just can't say no to another cat, who &quote;worldtravel&quote; with their cat, who build their social life around their catsand of course the cats themselves, for the Kordas celebrate the beguiling power of cats, including many of their own, who have complemented, complicated and changed their lives together over the years. Here are charming, often hilarious and sometimes sad portraits of such cats as Margaret's beloved Irving, whose favorite abode was the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and Mumsie, who arrived unexpectedly at the door with her two kittens, and special cats like Jake and the gentle Chutney, as well as &quote;difficult&quote; cats like Chui and poor Mrs. Bumble, and Mr. McT., the bully who found love late in life. Here are graceful cats and cats like KitKat that never look before they jump, in short, countless cats the reader will never forget, even those with many cats of their own.
EAN 9780061740190
ISBN 0061740195
Binding Ebook
Publisher HARPERCOLLINS
Publication date March 17, 2009
Pages 176
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Korda, Margaret; Korda, Michael