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Delacorte Press
September 2009
On Sale: August 25, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 038534385X
EAN: 9780385343855
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Non-Fiction
Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens... The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She
already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying
job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian
called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten
who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight. Everyone warned that Homer would always be an
"underachiever," never as playful or independent as other
cats. But the kitten nobody believed in quickly grew into a
three-pound dynamo, a tiny daredevil with a giant heart who
eagerly made friends with every human who crossed his path.
Homer scaled seven-foot bookcases with ease and leapt five
feet into the air to catch flies in mid-buzz. He survived
being trapped alone for days after 9/11 in an apartment near
the World Trade Center, and even saved Gwen’s life when he
chased off an intruder who broke into their home in the
middle of the night. But it was Homer’s unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity
for love, and his joy in the face of all obstacles that
inspired Gwen daily and transformed her life. And by the
time she met the man she would marry, she realized Homer had
taught her the most important lesson of all: Love isn’t
something you see with your eyes. Homer’s Odyssey is the once-in-a-lifetime story of an
extraordinary cat and his human companion. It celebrates the
refusal to accept limits—on love, ability, or hope against
overwhelming odds. By turns jubilant and moving, it’s a
memoir for anybody who’s ever fallen completely and
helplessly in love with a pet.
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