A Cat's Life: Dulcy's Story [Paperback]

Dee Ready (Author), Judy J. King (Author), Judy J. King (Author), Dee Ready (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2000

The emotionally powerful, remarkably perceptive story of the life and death of a beloved cat--told from the cat's point of view. A song of acceptance and bravery that will pierce the heart of anyone who has ever felt close to an animal. Illustrations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: J.N. Townsend Publishing (December 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880158302
• ISBN-13: 978-1880158302
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,036,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that rekindles fond memories of beloved past pets., November 10, 1997

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[e-mail] (Linda Kettman([e-mail]) Perrysburg, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Cat's Life: Dulcy's Story (Curley Large Print Books) (Hardcover)

When I was fourteen years old my best friend, Tina (my faithful collie) died and I felt the first awful stirrings of grief. Night after night I laid on her favorite old rug crying, engulfed in loneliness and sorrow at her passing. To me it was the end of the world and no amount of comforting by my parents or friends could ease the pain. She had been my faithful companion, and since I was an only child she was in many ways my sister. As I grew older the grief subsided but the all of the lovely memories did not. When I read "A Cat's Life, Dulcy's Story" by Dee Ready, I knew there existed at least one more person on earth ( and one more pet in heaven!) who felt EXACTLY as I did. It made no difference that Dulcy was a cat and Tina was a dog; they were the same in spirit to each of us. This book is a must read for anyone who has ever loved or been loved by an animal soul mate.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cat's Life; Dulcy's Story, February 8, 2001

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This review is from: A Cat's Life: Dulcy's Story (Paperback)

As one who has been "owned" by many felines during my lifetime, I found "Dulcy's Story" to be the history of a wonderful relationship between human and pet, all of the joys and all of the sorrows until the ultimate sorrow of losing a companion of many years. I've gone through it so often and it never gets easier, whether the decision to take the pet to its final rest is made by me through euthanasia or by a natural death. Reading "Dulcy's Story" demonstrates just how these beautiful creatures wrap us around their little paws until we become slaves to all their whims and demands, and we love every minute of it! Unfortunately, many of our family and friends don't understand our loyalty to our pets and, therefore often dismiss us as a little crazy. But that's all right - we know we're OK; it's the rest of them that we worry about and even feel sorry for them if they have never known the unconditional love of a furry friend. Dulcy was a very special cat to a very special human, and the story of their life together is a wonderful testament to their relationship.

It makes me wonder if one or both of my current cats were to write a book on their life with me, what would they say? I would like to think that they would say their lives have been enriched as much as mine has been living together for nearly nine years and hopefully many, many more years.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful reading from first page to last, June 6, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Cat's Life: Dulcy's Story (Paperback)

On a late winter day in 1972, a cat (soon to be named Dulcy) found a woman worthy to be her human and with whom she would live for the next seventeen and a half years. When Dulcy's lithe and graceful hunter's body began to fail, and the time came to say good-bye, then her story became a song of acceptance and bravery that would drive to the core of anyone who has ever felt close to an animal companion. Dee Ready's A Cat's Life: Dulcy's Story is beautifully, memorably illustrated by the spectacular artwork of Judy J. King and simply wonderful reading from first page to last.