The Book Depository Paw Tracks in the Moonlight by Denis John O'Connor
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Description: Paw Tracks in the Moonlight : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9781849011198 : : 03 Nov 2009 : The heart-warming story of one man and his cat that has already been a huge local bestseller in Durham. The Book Depository Paw Tracks in the Moonlight by Denis John O'Connor - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Sharon
Rating: 5
Review: I really loved this delightful tale about Dennis and Toby Jug. Who would think that a book with very little else happening apart from the relationship between a slightly eccentric character and his cat . A very gentle paced story that I really looked forward to picking it up and losing myself to find out what was happening. It put me in mind of Noodle. We, as a family, were living in Saudi Arabia for a 4 year posting with my husbands job. Sneak was a semi ferile female cat living on our compound who had litter after litter and was looking awful, scabby, skinny and very Ill. Sneak would parade her kittens along the streets for the residents to see as she knew we would bring out food and water and milk for her and the kittens. She appeared friendly until you got too close to the kittens and then she'd attack . We all knew the rules and stuck by them if we wanted to see them. The PAWS representative on the compound couldn't catch her in time between pregnancies to have her spayed for her own health and benefit so it was decided to catch her when she'd had her latest litter. She was caught but 2 of the kittens had been moved and could not be found. We had one of the 3 found. At the time he was only 4 weeks old and we had to prepare ourselves for the possibility that he wouldn't make it. I had to sleep with him snuggled into my neck and hair and wake up to feed him evaporated milk from a pen lid. I can tell you I was exhausted and after 2 days didn't think I could continue for much longer without a good nights sleep and getting up at 5.30am to get the kids to school. Luckily for all of us he finally got the idea and drank from a saucer. Noodle went on to become quite a character on the compound. Loved by some and served ASBO's by others as he believed he had rights to all villas and any pet food lying around. He loved to attack adults legs as they walked and loved children so much he would seek them out. He would follow the children to school and walk with us wherever we walked. He would even happily sit on the front seat of the car for a drive. I would get phone calls to say that he was shopping in the supermarket or in the library and then the bus would drop him off back home. When we finally had to return to the UK we were afraid he wouldn't last long with the traffic as he didn't know about how the outside world ran. He was used to walking wherever and resting if he felt in the middle of the road. If a car came by it would drive around him. It's been 2 months and so far he's still ok. I just hope it stays that way. But I digress ... Back to my review. I actually laughed and cried during the course of reading and so glad that Newbooks sent me this one to review. However I had previously purchased the kindle version for 99p earlier in the year but had forgotten about it so am pleased that I received this book to review as I don't know when I'd have remembered to read my kindle version. I think it's still currently on a special 99p purchase on Amazon and I highly recommend it especially to any cat lover out there.
Author: The soloist
Rating: 4
Review: I bought this book for a friend knowing nothing about the contents or the author. The day after it arrived my wife accidently knocked it into a bucket of water which consequently ruined it! So I had to send for a second copy. And whilst waiting for it to arrive I decided to read the waterlogged version once it had dried out sufficiently. The story is about "Toby Jug" a kitten rescued by the author on a snowy winter's night and close to death along with its sibling and their mother. It is a sad story of how the mother was caught in a man-trap suffering horrific injuries which rendered her incapable of caring for her offspring who were far away in a barn. The author discovered the kittens after following the mother's blood-stained paw prints in the snow. After a trip to the vet "Toby Jug's" sibling along with their mother did die leaving "Toby Jug" the only survivor. The vet's opinion was that "Toby Jug" would also die so there was little point in taking him home. But the author ignored that advice, took "Toby Jug" home, nursed him back to life, bonded with him and cared for him for the rest of his life. The rest of the story is a tale of the author's (Denis O' Connor's) love and devotion to "Toby Jug" and the various adventures they got up to together. So, if you're a cat lover who likes reading about the countryside this book may well be for you. It's simple to read, which makes it suitable for a child of, say, nine upwards, and follows the pattern of "Toby Jug's" life through to the end.
