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Please tell
Garfield that his Christmas Letter was one of the most heartfelt I've
ever read. Ed Kostro Dec 2005
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'Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr
... A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test
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GARFIELD and those infamous 20th
birthday pictures. See both birthday hats and more ...
LETTER FROM GARFIELD is a final letter
written with great love to his Mum ...
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THE CATS OF
MOON COTTAGE
by Marilyn
Edwards
Marilyn Edwards has written four delightful books in the series about her cats:
The Cats of Moon Cottage, More Cat Tales from Moon Cottage, The Cats on Hutton
Roof and The Coach House Cats.
These have now been produced in two volumes by Hodder and Stoughton the
publishers. When I began reading the first volume which is about the Cats of
Moon Cottage and More Cat Tales from Moon Cottage, I couldn’t put it down. I
couldn’t wait to read volume two which is about the Cats on Hutton Roof and The
Coach House Cats and once again, I was not disappointed.
Marilyn’s observations on her cats are second to none and feline behaviour is
examined, fretted over, and resolved in her close regard for her cats. It’s not
only her minute attention to detail which makes her books so popular, it’s the
wonderful descriptive passages telling the reader about the life that surrounds
Marilyn, her husband and their beloved cats, Fannie, Titus, Pushkin and Gilly. I
was enthralled as I entered Moon Cottage with the descriptions of all the plants
and wildlife that were in the fields and gardens close by.
Later I howled like a baby when Otto, the mother of Fannie and Titus, was so
cruelly knocked over and killed and I really felt Marilyn’s pain and sorrow as
she wrote about it; the fact that it broke the family’s hearts and Septi, the
older cat who loved Otto and missed her dreadfully.
Marilyn has a fantastic way of describing not only her feelings but in
observing Septi, Fannie and Titus she was able to portray in simple reality, the
fact that animals DO mourn and grieve over the loss of one of their own family
members.
Books 3 and 4 tell of the family’s move to a different part of the country and
all that it entailed and of the gorgeous Cumbrian countryside which surrounded
them; the sheep, cows, and other fascinating wildlife – even bees don’t escape
Marilyn’s keen eye for detail. Fannie’s close relationship with her sister Titus
comes under scrutiny, and her longed for pregnancy having been mated with a top
stud in Lancashire. Somehow, Mother Nature knows best and poor Fannie suffers
with a disappointing phantom pregnancy and it is after this that Marilyn decides
to have all the cats neutered and spayed.
Marilyn’s books are a real treasure to read and I really enjoyed them and felt
bereft when I’d finished them. I hoped I could read more about the adventures of
the Coach House Cats but sadly that is not to be for the foreseeable future.
All
the books have been illustrated by the wonderful artist, Peter Warner, who sadly
passed away in September 2007, followed shortly after by his beautiful cat,
Blue.
Marilyn’s books are available in hardback and paperback from
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.com,
www.barnesandnoble.com
The
ISBN for Volume 2 is: 978-0-340-95453-9
You can contact Marilyn direct at her
website address, and you can buy the original hardback copies direct from her
and she will do a special dedication for you
www.thecatsofmooncottage.co.uk
To
read the interview with Marilyn, please click here:
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DID YOU KNOW
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A
Cat's Prayer'
Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.
Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.
Lisa Malone
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