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4.66 AVERAGE
4.66 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
this book made me laugh, it made me cry. Courtney is so good at writing in a way that's so relatable and just real.
I really enjoyed her empathy, reflections, and you can feel the care in every page.
this book is about community, connection, self-reflection, and purpose... oh, and cats
I really enjoyed her empathy, reflections, and you can feel the care in every page.
this book is about community, connection, self-reflection, and purpose... oh, and cats
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking
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fast-paced
emotional
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medium-paced
This was SUCH a great memoir. Full of love, cats, and life, this is certainly a lovable book. When Courtney Gustafson moves into Poets Square, she also adopts thirty feral cats, all with their own personalities and needs. She describes turning into a volunteer cat trapper, searching for the hot dog man, and the excitement of buying her home at Poets Square.
It's truly a light-hearted, genuine memoir, and one you'll absolutely love if you love cats.
It's truly a light-hearted, genuine memoir, and one you'll absolutely love if you love cats.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
inspiring
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
i only cried twice! i followed two years ago after a sad boy and lola tiktok showed up on my fyp, and i’ve been equally excited for and procrastinating reading this because i wasn’t sure how ready my heart would be, but courtney’s writing gets across the full range of emotions masterfully - i thought i would feel empty at the end of this, but i am so inspired! sharing with my local cat rescue friends <3
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
I meant to read this book over the course of the whole weekend, but once I started it this morning I just could not stop. This book is a real dark horse. I expected to be mildly entertained by cat antics and to learn a good bit about caring for strays along the way. This book certainly fulfills that premise but it's so much more than that.
Gustafson is incredibly open and insightful about the myriad struggles in her life, and especially how it feels to exist as a woman (and grow up as a girl) in a society that continually prioritizes men's desires over a woman's simple existence or even her basic safety. Gustafson touches on a lot of very difficult experiences, and manages to be so insightful about what must have been the worst times in her life. I'm amazed she was able to not only expose her heart like this, but that she could so clearly get to the core of some of the most complicated or humiliating parts of being a person. I loved every minute of this book and kept having to stop to make notes. I'm really looking forward to see what she writes next.
Gustafson is incredibly open and insightful about the myriad struggles in her life, and especially how it feels to exist as a woman (and grow up as a girl) in a society that continually prioritizes men's desires over a woman's simple existence or even her basic safety. Gustafson touches on a lot of very difficult experiences, and manages to be so insightful about what must have been the worst times in her life. I'm amazed she was able to not only expose her heart like this, but that she could so clearly get to the core of some of the most complicated or humiliating parts of being a person. I loved every minute of this book and kept having to stop to make notes. I'm really looking forward to see what she writes next.