Helen Brown was born and brought up in New Zealand where she worked as a journalist, TV presenter and scriptwriter. Now living in Melbourne, Australia with her family, Helen continues to write columns for the New Zealand media, where she's been voted Columnist of the Year several times.
Book Description
"We're just going to." Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to visit a friend's new kittens. But the runt of the litter was irresistible, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin.
When Cleo was delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing that her new family had just been hit by a tragedy. Helen was sure she couldn't keep her-until she saw something she thought had vanished from the earth forever: her son's smile The reckless, rambunctious kitten stayed.
Through happiness and heartbreak, changes and new beginnings, Cleo turned out to be the unlikely glue the affectionately held Helen's family together. Rich in wisdom, wit, heart, and healing, here is the story of a cat with an extraordinary gift for knowing just where she was needed the most.
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Grace can come in deceptively small packages. For Brown, it arrived in the form of a runt-of-the-litter kitten whom her two young sons, Sam and Rob, adored on sight. Promised as an upcoming present for Sam’s tenth birthday, it was a gift the boy never received. While the kitten was being weaned from its mother, Sam was taken from his. Just weeks after his birthday, Sam was killed in an auto accident, and Brown’s world changed forever. Yet when the kitten was delivered to her new home right on schedule, Brown’s heart first broke with the unfairness of it all, then gradually began to mend as little Cleo did what all kittens do: mounted a charm offensive like no other. Over the next 23 years, as Brown’s marriage ended and career blossomed, the spunky Cleo remained her constant source of comfort and inspiration. Heartfelt and open, Brown’s buoyant tale of loss and recovery celebrates the resilient patience and restorative powers of animal compassion. --Carol Haggas
Review
" A remarkable memoir... I realized that Helen Brown didn't break my heart at all - she opened it." --Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
"An absolute must." --Cat World
"The next Marley & Me. Even non cat-lovers will be moved." --Good Housekeeping
發表於2024-12-23
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看到封麵就很有興趣閱讀,雖然一開始以為是動物小說,本人對貓啊狗啊之類的總是沒有免疫力。人生總是充滿苦難的,不幸和意外隨時會“光臨”我們,如書中所錶達的,愛和勇氣,能治愈一切傷痛~ 或許人與動物冥冥之中就有種緣分吧,動物在被需要的時候齣現在人類的生命裏,在與人...
評分 評分TO 獨傢旅行MM: 我在想,一個血腥恐怖凶殺情節狂熱愛好者,一個不怕任何寵物但極端恐懼絨毛的重度鼻炎患者,會不會在你持續的治愈係小說的轟炸下喜歡上溫情的動物故事呢? 現在看來,事態已經嚮著這個不太妙的方嚮發展瞭,因為我發現認真讀完這些書並且聲情並茂地把它們推薦...
評分圖書標籤: 貓 我也要成為一個知識淵博的人
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評分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
評分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
評分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
Cleo 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載