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The Cat
Contributor(s): Ravel, Edeet (Author)

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ISBN: 0143183524     ISBN-13: 9780143183525
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life - General
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012493392
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 232 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Death/Dying
 
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Publisher Description:
From acclaimed author Edeet Ravel comes a profound and heart-wrenching story that captures the essence of grief and hope in the midst of tragedy.

Single mother Elise is completely devoted to her eleven-year-old son; he is her whole world. But that world is destroyed in one terrifying moment when her son is killed in a car accident just outside their home. Suddenly alone, surrounded by memories, Elise faces a future that feels unspeakably bleak--and pointless.

Lost, angry and desolate, Elise rejects everyone who tries to reach out to her. But as despair threatens to engulf her, she realizes, to her horror, that she cannot join her son: she must take care of his beloved cat. At first she attempts to carry out this task entirely by herself, shut away from a frightening new reality that seems surreal and incomprehensible. But isolation proves to be impossible, and before long others insinuate themselves into her life--friends, enemies, colleagues, neighbours, a former lover--bringing with them the fragile beginnings of survival.

Powerfully moving and deeply humane, The Cat is an unforgettable novel about the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

 
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