Description
“We’re just going to look.” Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to discuss with a friend’s new kittens. But the runt of the litter was once impossible to resist, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin.
When Cleo was once delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing that her new circle of relatives had just been hit by a tragedy. Helen was once sure she couldn’t keep her–until she saw something she thought had vanished from the earth without end: her son’s smile. The reckless, rambunctious kitten stayed.
Through happiness and heartbreak, changes and new beginnings, Cleo turned out to be the unlikely glue that affectionately held Helen’s circle of relatives together. Wealthy in wisdom, wit, heart, and healing, here is the story of a cat with an abnormal gift for knowing just where she was once needed most.
“A remarkable memoir. . .I realized that Helen Brown didn’t break my heart at all–she opened it.” –Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling writer of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
“An absolute will have to.” —Cat World
“The next Marley &Me. Even non cat-lovers will likely be moved.” —Good Housekeeping