The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas
How a Cat Brought a Family the Gift of Love
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3.6 • 7 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The heart-warming true holiday story of a little boy and the cat that changed his life.
Julia’s nine-year-old son George was autistic. Quiet and withdrawn, he appeared lost in his own world. Then one day a small black-and-white stray cat appeared in her garden and George’s face lit up. George bonded with Ben and began to open up to his mother as well. For three happy years, the trio was inseparable and George made remarkable progress. But then disaster struck—Ben went missing and George regressed. The weeks turned into months, and Christmas was fast approaching, but on December 21, Julia got a call from a family more than fifty miles away, which finally offered a ray of hope...
Genuinely touching, The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas is a story about devotion, love, and a holiday miracle, and is the perfect gift for cat lovers as well as fans of Lil Bub, I Am Pusheen the Cat, and A Street Cat Named Bob.
Perfect for: • White elephant gifts • Animal lover gifts • Cat gifts • Gifts for cat lovers • Christmas gifts
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rump's 10-year-old autistic son, George, often felt more to her like a "visitor she could not make happy instead of own child" that is, until the day a stray cat appeared in their garden. Ben the cat's impact on the Rump family is the subject of this engaging memoir. Single mother Rump lives with George in a London council estate. When George is born, something is obviously wrong: he cries "day in, day out" and hates to be touched. He barely sleeps, doesn't make eye contact, and, when he's older, if a visitor arrived unexpectedly he "curl up into a ball and rock." However, after they've taken their stray cat to the vet and Rump and George visit the cat, George kneels down beside the cage and talks to the cat, who looks George "square in the eyes." To Rump's amazement, George doesn't look away, and instead engages with the cat. After that, as Rump says, "everything changed." With a fresh, honest, and frequently funny voice, despite the considerable hardships depicted, Rump offers a moving story that comes from the heart.
