Book Review
The Dalai Lama’s Cat
Reviewed by Patsy Smyth
This was definitely my favourite book
of 2013. This award winning book
has acquired over 158000 likes on
Facebook; a 4 ½ star review by Good
Reads; a 5 star review by Barnes and
Noble.
It’s been written from the cat’s viewpoint, with David Michie the translator
and transcriber and is full of drama,
cuteness and fun; from her dramatic
and almost catastrophic start after
being dumped as a tiny kitten unable
to care for herself, into a rubbish bin,
to her rescue, to becoming the Dalai
Lama’s cat. In the process, she succeeds in changing the lives of some
people around her, from the man in
the street, to those in the upper echelons of life, using up a couple of her
9 lives in the process! At times I was
moved to anger, at others to tears
and in the end my heart felt warm &
fuzzy. I didn’t want the book to end,
so look out for a review on “The Art
of Purring”, a follow up book in 2014.
I found this delightful book via Facebook where I was given a chance to
read the first three pages. That was
all I needed to get me hooked. I immediately ordered 2 copies from Exclusive Books – 1 for me and 1 for
my Mom’s birthday. She loved it as
much as I did. My Dad is the next
to read it. I have no doubt that you
will enjoy it as much as we did. It
will be a great stocking filler for the
cat lover.
The title may give some the impression that it is a “preachy” book. This
is far from the case. It does give
some interesting insights into the
Buddhist belief, but in no way is it a
form of proselytising.
I don’t want to give too much away,
as I’d hate to diminish your enjoyment of the book. Suffice to say, I’d
give it 10 out of 10 purrs.
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