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Cat Tales : The Meaning Of Cats In Women’s Lives
Edited by Jan Fook, Susan Hawthorne & Renate Klein $32.95
I’m pretty important in women’s lives so I thought I might find myself in here, and it does look like my bum on the cover. Seriously though, wonderful stories and poems from women who adore their cats, and some good photos too. And no, I’m not in the book.

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The Fur Person

May Sarton $18.95
The girls love May Sarton, and I loved reading about her beautiful cat who is a bit of a boofhead boy like me, gets into heaps of puss trouble. I’m named after George Eliot by the way. People describe me as one of the great literary cats of Sydney!


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Holidaying With Cats

Kate Harte $18.95
I wish someone would take me away on holidays. This book tells how to do it, but so far all my hints have led to nothing! Useful information for anyone game to take a cat away from home!
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Holidaying With Dogs

Willie Bedford $18.95
Just to be fair I’m putting this one in…but it is not fair that dogs, rough and loud as they are, do seem to get lots of hols. I’d call it quite dog-ist. Grrr! I mean Miaow!

Cat’s Eye

Margaret Atwood $22.95
To be serious for a moment, a great Canadian writer, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize for this one, and when I’m minding the shop after hours, I read a chapter a night. The title got me in and now I can’t put it down.
It’s about a painter Elaine who is overwhelmed by childhood memories, and is one of Atwood’s best, in my humble opinion.
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Mark Haddon $22.95
I’m a bit curious about the other species. Sadly the dog was dead, but it’s a good story about a kid with a photographic memory who writes a murder mystery. He is a brilliant kid but finds it hard to understand other human beings. Me too! Written for children but also loved by adults…and cats. And it won some prizes too.
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Everything I Need To Know I Learned From My Cat
Suzy Becker $16.95
Just a great little book of cartoons showing how smart us cats are. If you want to know how to be cool, mysterious, and how to strike a pose, here it all is from one clever cat...like me!

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