Second-Chance Cats: True Stories of the Cats We Rescue and the Cats Who Rescue Us

by Callie Smith Grant (Editor)

Overview

There's no feeling quite like that of getting a second chance and a fresh start. When we adopt a homeless cat—or that cat decides to adopt us—we're not just giving one of earth's most beautiful and inscrutable creatures a chance at a good life, we're giving ourselves the gift of companionship, solace, and love. And plenty of laughter too!

This heartwarming collection includes more than 30 true, contemporary stories told by a variety of writers, including Melody Carlson, Lauraine Snelling, and Kristin Billerbeck. Each feel-good story involves cat rescue, some in a typical way and others in surprising—even miraculous—ways. Sometimes the question becomes: Really, who rescued whom?

A thoughtful gift for the cat lover in your life, Second-Chance Cats is the purrfect companion for cozy nights, lazy weekends, and any time you need a pick-me-up.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800735722
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	466,824
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Callie Smith Grant is the editor of Second-Chance Dogs, The Cat in the Window, The Dog Next Door, The Cat on My Lap, The Dog at My Feet, The Horse of My Heart, and The Horse of My Dreams. She is the author of several nonfiction books for young readers and adults as well as many animal-themed stories and poems, which can be seen in Guideposts anthologies and in magazines such as Small Farmer's Journal.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

1 Lady Finds a Lap Lonnie Hull DuPont 15

2 The Cat in the Living Room Maggie Marton 21

3 The Gift Audi Lehman 27

4 Parker the Dad Rohbi Hess 33

5 My Car for a Day Claudia Wolfe St. Clair 37

6 Meeting Miss Daisy Leanne Lowe 41

7 The Wrong Kittens Susan C. Willett 45

8 A Tug at My Heart Kathrine Diedre Smith 53

9 Texas Big Box Stray to Minnesota Family Cat Mary Tan 59

10 The Love of Her Life Tracy Crump 69

11 The Story of Harry and Hermione Debbie De Louise 73

12 Spartacus the Big Red Cat Kristin Billerbeck 77

13 It Happened at Big Lots Deborah Camp 83

14 Newman Kristin Kornoelje 91

15 The Trouble with Harry Melody Carlson 97

16 Thirty-Six Piccolos Kathleen J. McClatchey 101

17 When Wild Calls DJ Perry 111

18 Spirit and the Miracle 4 Kathrine Diedre Smith 115

19 Finding Home Kristin M. Avery 125

20 C'mon Baby and Rescue Me Ann M. Green 131

21 Endings and New Beginnings Mary Busha 135

22 Old Momma and the McGangsters Vicki Crumpton 143

23 The Little Cat That Could Lee Justin 149

24 Not Quite What We Planned Wendy Lawton 153

25 It's Time Brad Madson 159

26 The Amazing Amelia Marci Kladnik 165

27 That Cat Laumine Snelling 165

28 Bear Katherine Kern 177

29 Avery Loves Reilly Sandra Murphy 181

30 Enter Loki Kelly McCardy-Fuller 185

31 SugarBear Patricia Avery Pursley 191

32 Flicker Lonnie Hull DuPont 197

33 Calvin's Gifts Susan C. Willett 203

About the Contributors 209

About the Compiler 219

Acknowledgments 221