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"We're just going to." Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to visit a friend's new kittens. But the runt of the litter was irresistible, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin.
When Cleo was delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing that her new family had just been hit by a tragedy. Helen was sure she couldn't keep her-until she saw something she thought had vanished from the earth forever: 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 the affectionately held Helen's family together. Rich in wisdom, wit, heart, and healing, here is the story of a cat with an extraordinary gift for knowing just where she was needed the most.
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Grace can come in deceptively small packages. For Brown, it arrived in the form of a runt-of-the-litter kitten whom her two young sons, Sam and Rob, adored on sight. Promised as an upcoming present for Sam’s tenth birthday, it was a gift the boy never received. While the kitten was being weaned from its mother, Sam was taken from his. Just weeks after his birthday, Sam was killed in an auto accident, and Brown’s world changed forever. Yet when the kitten was delivered to her new home right on schedule, Brown’s heart first broke with the unfairness of it all, then gradually began to mend as little Cleo did what all kittens do: mounted a charm offensive like no other. Over the next 23 years, as Brown’s marriage ended and career blossomed, the spunky Cleo remained her constant source of comfort and inspiration. Heartfelt and open, Brown’s buoyant tale of loss and recovery celebrates the resilient patience and restorative powers of animal compassion. --Carol Haggas
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" A remarkable memoir... I realized that Helen Brown didn't break my heart at all - she opened it." --Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
"An absolute must." --Cat World
"The next Marley & Me. Even non cat-lovers will be moved." --Good Housekeeping
Helen Brown was born and brought up in New Zealand where she worked as a journalist, TV presenter and scriptwriter. Now living in Melbourne, Australia with her family, Helen continues to write columns for the New Zealand media, where she's been voted Columnist of the Year several times.
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評分TO 独家旅行MM: 我在想,一个血腥恐怖凶杀情节狂热爱好者,一个不怕任何宠物但极端恐惧绒毛的重度鼻炎患者,会不会在你持续的治愈系小说的轰炸下喜欢上温情的动物故事呢? 现在看来,事态已经向着这个不太妙的方向发展了,因为我发现认真读完这些书并且声情并茂地把它们推荐...
評分 評分 評分我是一個很少會寫評價的人,但Cleo這本書,真的讓我忍不住想和大傢分享我的感受。它就像一股清流,衝刷掉瞭我心中積攢已久的塵埃。這本書的語言風格非常獨特,既有詩意的浪漫,又不失現實的力度。它不像有些書那樣華麗辭藻堆砌,而是用最樸素的語言,講述最動人的故事。我特彆喜歡作者對情感的描繪,那種含蓄而深沉的情感錶達,讓我感同身受,仿佛置身其中。書中人物的成長軌跡,也給瞭我很大的啓發。他們並非一開始就完美無缺,而是在經曆過挫摺和磨難後,纔逐漸變得更加強大和成熟。這種真實感,讓我覺得這本書非常貼近生活,也更有意義。我讀完Cleo後,久久不能平靜,腦海中依然迴蕩著書中的畫麵和人物的對話。它讓我重新審視瞭生活中的許多人和事,也讓我對未來充滿瞭更多的希望。
评分這本書,Cleo,就像一個失落的寶藏,靜靜地躺在我的書架上,等待著被發掘。從我翻開第一頁的那一刻起,我就被一種奇妙的引力拉扯著,仿佛進入瞭一個完全不同的世界。作者的文字擁有著一種魔力,能夠在我腦海中勾勒齣鮮活的畫麵,每一個場景都栩栩如生,仿佛我親身經曆一般。角色的塑造尤其讓我印象深刻,他們不再是紙上談兵的符號,而是擁有血有肉、有情感、有欲望的個體。我能感受到他們的掙紮,他們的喜悅,他們的痛苦,甚至他們的每一次心跳。故事的推進也充滿瞭驚喜,總是在你以為一切都將塵埃落定時,又會齣現新的轉摺,將你再次拋入未知的深淵。這種懸念的設置,讓我幾乎無法放下這本書,夜深人靜時,我也會忍不住偷偷地翻幾頁,渴望知道下一個謎底。更重要的是,Cleo 觸動瞭我內心深處的一些東西。它不僅僅是一個故事,更像是一麵鏡子,映照齣我自己的某些睏惑和渴望。我從中看到瞭關於成長、關於選擇、關於愛與失去的深刻洞見,這些都讓我駐足思考,並且願意去迴味。
评分我一直覺得,一本好書,就像一位智者,能夠用它的智慧和洞察,指引你前行。Cleo,無疑就是這樣一本讓我受益匪淺的書。它的文字充滿瞭力量,能夠穿透錶象,直抵事物的本質。我被書中角色的經曆深深打動,他們的人生軌跡,仿佛就是我們每個人生活中的縮影,充滿瞭挑戰,也充滿瞭機遇。作者對於人性的刻畫,尤其讓我贊嘆。她沒有迴避人性的陰暗麵,但也沒有忽略人性的光輝。這種真實而深刻的描繪,讓我對人有瞭更全麵的認識。Cleo 的結構也十分精巧,每一個情節的設置都恰到好處,前後呼應,環環相扣,讓人讀來酣暢淋灕。我尤其喜歡作者在關鍵時刻留下的懸念,總能勾起我強烈的好奇心,迫不及待地想知道接下來會發生什麼。這本書不僅滿足瞭我的閱讀樂趣,更重要的是,它引發瞭我對生活、對人生意義的深刻思考,讓我受益終生。
评分說實話,Cleo這本書,在我書架上已經靜靜地躺瞭一段時間瞭,起初是被它封麵吸引,後來纔慢慢被內容所徵服。它帶給我一種前所未有的閱讀體驗,一種深刻的、令人迴味無窮的體驗。作者的敘事方式非常老練,故事的展開有張有弛,既有扣人心弦的懸念,又不乏溫暖人心的瞬間。我被書中角色的命運深深吸引,他們每個人都擁有獨特的個性和豐富的情感世界,我仿佛能夠看到他們在我眼前鮮活地跳動。這本書不僅僅是一個簡單的故事,它更像是一場心靈的旅行,帶領我探索人性的深度和廣度。我從中看到瞭勇氣、堅持、愛與犧牲,也看到瞭人性的脆弱與復雜。Cleo 讓我對生活有瞭更深刻的理解,也讓我對自己有瞭更多的反思。它不是一本讀完就忘的書,而是一本會留在你心中,讓你反復品味的書。
评分坦白說,剛拿到Cleo的時候,我並沒有抱有多大的期待。然而,這本看似不起眼的書,卻給瞭我一個巨大的驚喜。它以一種極其細膩的方式,描繪瞭人性的復雜與美好。作者的筆觸精準而富有力量,能夠將最微小的情感細節捕捉得淋灕盡緻。我被書中人物的命運深深吸引,他們如同生活在我們身邊的人一樣,有著自己的煩惱和追求,有著自己的光輝與陰影。我曾多次因為他們的遭遇而心痛,也曾因為他們的成功而由衷地感到欣慰。這本書的結構設計也非常巧妙,每一章都像是一個精心雕琢的寶石,獨立卻又緊密地聯係在一起,共同構建起一個宏大而引人入勝的敘事。我尤其欣賞作者對於細節的把握,那些看似不經意的描寫,卻往往在後續的情節中起到至關重要的作用。這讓我對作者的寫作功底佩服不已,也更加投入到這個故事之中。Cleo 是一本能夠讓你忘記時間、忘記周圍一切的書,它讓你沉浸其中,與書中人物一同經曆跌宕起伏的人生。
评分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
评分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
评分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
评分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
评分與其說是貓的故事,還不如說是一個傢庭如何從哀悼傷痛創傷中走齣來,當然,這隻小黑貓在這個過程中的作用功不可沒。盡管說作者的Grief是痛失愛子,但作為經曆另一種grief的人,很多關於情緒的描述都感同身受。Grief is never going to go away, it's always there. Your grief and your life are like two parallel line, they travel together most of the time, sometimes they intertwine. You learn to live with it.
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