February 4, 2010Dewey the Library Cat has emotional clout
My husband and I have been reading Dewey the Library Cat before bed for two months, and as we neared the final chapters, we knew what was coming. Still, tears streamed down my cheeks as we read about how Dewey died. When my husband closed the book, he said, “We read the entire Little House series. Ma and Pa died and Mary went blind. Why are we crying over Dewey?”
Because Dewey the Library Cat is written from a very intimate and personal perspective. The author shares her heart and hardships with a sweetness that never gives way to bitterness. Instead of becoming bitter, she loves Dewey and her town and all the tragically flawed people in her life.And she lets us in on her inner experience as well as the outer details of her life.
Read the Amazon reviews here. Dewey: The Small Town Cat Who Touched the World. A few one star reviews point out genuine flaws in the book, but most of the reviewers overlook those flaws because Dewey the Library Cat carries emotional clout. People are far more forgiving when they sense authenticity.
Dewey was a somewhat remarkable cat. and Vicki, his owner, is a simple human like the rest of us. Both help us see how remarkable the “ordinary” really is. They show how much emotional clout there can be in simple lives simply lived. Our own lives have emotional clout too, if we let them.
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