Jennie (Collins Modern Classics)

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And once I stop crying and hugging my kitten, and apologizing to him for the whole horrible world, I'm going to go find some chocolate. There seems to be a disconnect between acts, and I was deeply bothered by the fact that the entire second act was a coma dream. If you love books featuring cats or animal characters, or even if you love books featuring beautiful friendships, I will highly recommend 'Jennie'. Owner's name, spine slightly rolled, pages a little browned, some corners creased, good in slightly marked and faded cloth.

A wonderful book for cat-lovers in particular - and for anyone dealing with feelings of being an outsider, of the loneliness of being different. He has lived all over the place, including England, Mexico, Lichtenstein and Monaco, and he lived in Antibes for the last years of his life.

Thrust into a life on the streets, he survives because he meets Jennie, a street smart cat who may hate humans but is willing to mentor the boy. And I have occasionally read it again, and it’s similarly cats-eye view orientated successor, Thomasina. I got Paul Gallico’s ‘ Jennie‘ a few years back, because the story looked beautiful, but somehow never got around to reading it.

Such a beautiful, simple, and poignant story, where all of the characters are such a joy to read about and sympathize with.

The way they take in Jennie and Peter and the hilarious, wonderful adventures that happen during the course of the trip is beautiful to read.

It is definitely one of those incredible, somehow saturated books that capture you and inspire you to just get beyond yourself and strive to be better, no matter how hard it might be. When reading dated books, sometimes one must look past certain past held beliefs, that today would be seen as completely wrong-headed and disgusting.It's a delightful tale about a little boy who sort of becomes a cat and is taught how to behave like one by a wandering feline. By the end of the book Peter has taken on his role as a cat completely, rarely thinking of his old life as a boy and ready to battle the same cat he met with in the beginning for ownership of Jennie. If you are someone who loves cats, who has a pet cat, or planning to get one, this article Fascinating Facts About Cats is just for you.

He graduated in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree, having lost a year and a half due to World War I. His sportswriting career took off when he asked to spar with Jack Dempsey (and wrote the account of how it felt to be knocked out by him!I’m afraid, despite of course knowing the story well, that I sobbed in all the places I had ever sobbed before – perhaps partly because of memories of the first sobbing, aged somewhere around 9 or 10, but also, because some quite deep themes are being explored – particularly loss, friendship, betrayal of trust, death. Among Paul Gallico’s best known books are The Snow Goose (1941), a classic story of Dunkirk, and The Poseidon Adventure (1969), which was made into a very successful film. And don't tell me it's love rival because the more I thought about it the more I feel sick that the main characters of this book are an 8 yo boy and an adult female cat. Amazing how Gallico shows the world with the eyes of an eight-year boy who turns into a cat, and lives as a cat, and matures as a cat, and fights as a cat and dies as such - to win his life back and become better. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.