Nina de Gramont’s delightful collection of relational short stories creatively manages to weave cats in all their pernicious glory through each and every tale. Her stories are fresh and intriguing, and each features a cat that is as important a character as the protagonists themselves. Here’s just a taste of what’s in store in Of Cats and Men:
In The Wedding Bed, an upper middle-class pampered daughter learns to accept her less well-off husband’s rugged lodgings with the help of a mangy stray cat.
A barn cat who desperately wants to be a house cat gives Elizabeth the strength to end a dysfunctional relationship in Human Contact.
And in By His Wild Alone, an aloof former stray who yearns to return to his footloose roots helps Natalie understand her own sister’s wild ways and need to free herself from familial attachments.
As varied as cat personalities are, so too are the people who populate de Gramont’s stories and in each story, a lesson is learned or a greater understanding of one’s own or another’s humanity is gained with the help of beloved, furry, four-footed creatures.
Till next time, happy reading!
L:)
| TBR = 12 | WPL = 23 |
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