Unraveling the Enigma: How Rebecca van Laer’s ‘Cat’ Whispers Secrets You Won’t Forget
“…Toby sits on my desk, blocking as much of my monitor as is possible with his furry little body. He asks, What are you doing? He says, You’re wasting your life.”
The cats in the author’s life — and I suppose in our own, too — are mirrors meant to reflect back our deepest desires. That we might answer only to ourselves. That we might really, truly take our time. That we might find a way to love with abandon while still protecting ourselves.
With only nine chapters covering 105 pages, Cat is a quick but deeply satisfying read. It’s not just charming, or informative, or funny, or well-researched — it’s also beautifully written, with lines and paragraphs that sing with their own music. This book not only made me feel proud of my status as a cat lover, it also made me ravenous to read the rest of the Object Lessons series from Bloomsbury. If this series can make me feel so emotional, so uplifted, so inspired by a furry little creature, what else can it do?
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