Cat

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Cat is a quick but deeply satisfying read. It's not just charming, or informative, or funny, or well-researched - it's also beautifully written, with lines and paragraphs that sing with their own music. * Hippocampus Magazine * Van Laer's keen eye captures the ineffable charm of our feline friends and investigates humankind's relationship to cats with great insight and tenderness. A stirring and deeply profound look at what it means to love and lose, and a must-read for cat people and the cat-curious alike. * Gina Chung, author of Sea Change and Green Frog * Rebecca van Laer's feline marvel is at once cozy and mind-expanding. If you've never felt a connection with cats before, you will after reading this brilliant book. * Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat * In tender, incisive prose, van Laer examines the ways that she has negotiated her relationship to herself, the world around her, and the ever-mysterious wildness she invites in, revealing the deep and abiding love that is the foundation of what it takes to be in true communion with other life. Let Cat curl up and rest in your heart." * Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of What We Fed To The Manticore * Rebecca van Laer's Cat is encyclopedia entry and memoir in one, dabbling in the general history and domestication of cats, and the specific history of her cats and the lives they have lived....Van Laer's stance is always personal, an act of curiosity driven by her deep love for her pets. When tragedy strikes, she shares the raw edges of her sadness and anxiety with a vulnerability any animal lover will appreciate. * Shelf Awareness *