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Kitty Cornered
Kitty Cornered: How Frannie and Five Other Incorrigible Cats Seized Control of Our House and Made It Their Home | Bob Tarte
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Bob Tarte had his first encounter with a cat when he was two and a half years old. He should have learned his lesson then, from Fluffy. But as he says, I listened to my heart instead, and that always leads to trouble. In this tell-all of how the Tarte household grew from one recalcitrant cat to sixincluding a hard-to-manage stray named FrannieTarte confesses to allowing these interlopers to shape his and his wifes life, from their dining habits to their sleeping arrangements to the placement and furriness of their furniture. But more than that, Bob begins seeing Frannie and the other cats as unlikely instructors in the art of achieving contentment, even in the face of illness and injury. Bewitched by the unknowable nature of domesticated cats, he realizes that sometimes wildness and mystery are exactly what he needs. With the winning humor and uncanny ability to capture the soul of the animal world that made Enslaved by Ducks a success, Tarte shows us that life with animals gives us a way out of our narrow human perspective to glimpse something larger, more enduring, and more grounded in the simplicities of loveand catnip.
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LibraryCin
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Mehso-so

I love how he showed each cats‘ personality – they really are all different. There was humour in this book. I wasn‘t necessarily impressed with a few things they did, but maybe he just didn‘t go into detail or explain? Really, though, you can see how much he loves his cats and he has some great stories, and some of them do include some of the harder things – the vet visits, peeing outside the box, shy/feral cats

Ruthiella Thinking outside the box = good BUT peeing outside the box = bad! 😹 4y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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Every day I get off work I recline on my comfy couch and read my kindle. She has decided that doesn‘t work for her and instead lays on my chest. 😂

#catsoflitsy

LauraBeth 😹😹 6y
Alfoster Too cute!😍👏👏 6y
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kamoorephoto
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Nothing delights my soul more than seeing all these kitties here on Litsy (where were some of these when I did my ‘Total Cat Mojo‘ giveaway?)...
@erinreads This is one of 5 little Siamese kittens that were brought into the cat rescue the other day when I was in there taking photos. A couple of them were even polydactyl and all were precious. Just LOOK AT THIS FACE #catsoflitsy

jfalkens That face 😻😻😻😽😽😽 7y
TricksyTails 😻😻😻 7y
kamoorephoto @jfalkens @TricksyTails The five little angels had literally just been dropped off there... 💓 7y
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[DELETED] 206653737 Adorable! 😻 7y
erinreads SO PRECIOUS. 😻 We saw a polydactyl cat last weekend when we were at Petsmart getting our litter and I had to be the one to pull my husband away because he had that look that we‘d be walking out with that cat if we stayed any longer. But he was a gorgeous one year old male, so I have no doubt he‘s found a loving home or will very soon. (At least that‘s what I keep telling myself now. 😻) 7y
kamoorephoto @erinreads It was so funny, they were batting around the ball with their big feet like they‘d never played with toys before but then they‘d look at their paws like they‘d never noticed how big their paws were!!! I always have thought that ‘Hemingway‘ cats (named at such because he had a penchant for polydactyls - look up Hemingway House) are really special. 7y
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BookGoGo
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I just packed up one of these today, one of the early fabrics and adore this one #catemoji #bookgogo #booksleeve http://etsy.me/2rtw5X6

Nat_Reads So cute! 7y
Tamra 😻😻 7y
shadowspeak17 Love it! ❤️ 7y
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josie281
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Can I share how much I love working in the art department at a local uni? Dear student made this in printmaking and I went 😍. Today, she brought me a print of my own!! #election2016

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AlgonquinBooks
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Beau the beautiful kitty is beside himself after encountering Kitty Cornered on this, #InternationalCatDay.

MrBook 😻😻😻 8y
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