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| Cats and Their Women | 
 enlarge | Authors: Louise Taylor, Barbara Cohen
Publisher: Little, Brown
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1120588
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0316150460
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.8
EAN: 9780316150460
ASIN: 0316150460
Publication Date: May 1, 1992
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: A decent copy. All pages and cover legible. Worn around edges and corners. Binding slightly loose. There are a few creases in the cover and pages.
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 Mostly excellent, but some curious choices May 8, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I received this book as a gift and really enjoyed most of the stories and accompanying photographs, especially those involving rescued cats. However, there are two anecdotes/photos that will make cat lovers cringe, especially rescuers. One is a picture of a child with a bag over her head grasping a Siamese cat under her front legs with her lower body completely unsupported and dangling. The cat also has a bag over her head! The other is a saccharine sweet Hallmark-card-worthy photo of a curly haired little girl sitting under a Christimas tree with a fluffy kitten in her lap. The authors were evidently so taken with the photo that they failed to notice that the accompanying text is pretty grim: The kitten pictured was never spayed and had several litters. Eventually, the neglected "pet" is found dead (and pregnant) in the road by the family. But that's OK because cats are easily replaced: The story concludes, "And now we have a cat named Frisky." How sad! The authors originally wrote about women and dogs and I honestly cannot imagine them including a comparable story about a dog, but people do not value cats in the same way. Overall, an enjoyable book, but I was disappointed by the inclusion of the two stories cited above. Surely there were better submissions that could have been used.
 If the scale were 1-10, this book would be a 20! December 16, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you love cats, this is an absolute MUST read. It is a heartwarming book. Each two-page spread features a black and white photograph of cat along with the woman they've adopted, and a short text on some aspect of their relationship. In a matter of a few pages it will take you from laughter to tears and back again. There is also a book "Dogs and their women" which is equally excellent. I actually keep and extra copy of these two on hand as quick presents for animal lovers. They are that good.
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