Vicki Myron
Hardcover | Pages: 277 pages Rating: 3.88 | 48880 Users | 6053 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World |
| ISBN: | 0446407410 (ISBN13: 9780446407410) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dewey Readmore |
| Characters: | Dewey Readmore Books, Vicky Myron, Jodie Myron |
| Setting: | Spencer, Iowa(United States) Iowa(United States) |
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How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next working by library director Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of hem in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with this enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.
As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.
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| Title | : | Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Dewey Readmore) |
| Author | : | Vicki Myron |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 277 pages |
| Published | : | September 24th 2008 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Animals. Autobiography. Memoir. Cats. Biography. Adult. Biography Memoir |
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As I walked out of Penn Station this morning, the proverbial country mouse blinking in the early morning city sunshine, the homesick hole in my heart was filled with a glorious and familiar sight--Borders Bookstore! Oh thank god, finally somewhere I can navigate with familiar ease. And familiarity is an understatement. Every table and shelf looked exactly the same as every table and shelf in the bookstore back home--Cormac McCarthy alongside Love in the Time of Cholera. Jane Green sidling up toI didn't expect this book to be quality literature and of course it wasn't. It was a feel-good book, only I've noticed that most feel-good books actually make me feel nauseous instead of good. Especially those that idealize small town America.I thought I was going to scream if I had to read another paragraph about how amazing the town of Spencer, Iowa is. To give you a taste:"That's another of Spencer's unique and valuable assets: its people. We are good, solid, hardworking midwesterners. We are
Firstly, thank you all for enjoying putting up with my cat-story updates. As pet lovers know, we all need to talk about our pets to random strangers from time to time, so that was rather therapeutic. Dewey's story is an incredible one. And, as shown by the 20-year difference from the beginning to the end of the book, it's highly unlikely the library would have adopted a cat in this day and age. As Vicki notes, there were complaints after Dewey showed up and it was decided that he would stay, but
A little disappointing. I was expecting a book about Dewey but he hardly featured at all. I enjoyed the sections about the other cats but again they were out weighed by long anecdotes about their owners which did not really interest me. The best bits are the photos especially the one of Dewey on the cover. He was a real beauty.
Cats and Books are often a winning combination of mine. Dewey was one of those books that really caught my eye. The story of a small kitten found huddled up one day in a local library in Iowa by a Librarian, cold and close to death. Named Dewey, his story suddenly spread across not just the USA but all over the world as well, bringing many people together and sharing the love for one furry feline. The passages about Dewey's life as well as the library setting were written well. What let the book
When I bought this book I thought I was buying a book just about Dewy Readsmore Books, his life at the library, and aspects of how he grew to be the most famous library cat ever. Instead I heard a lot about the private life of his owner, Vicki Myron, and the town both cat and owner call home. This disappointed me as, if I'm honest I didn't really care about anything not having to do with Dewey. The writing in this book is fine and simple overall. The narrator does a decent job but can be boring
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