Cat’s People is a wonderfully, beautiful touching story about well… humans, humanity and a cat. Can a group of strangers all who are dealing with problems put their own fears aside and help a surprising friend none of them knew the other had.
Nuria is a barista who loves cats. She enjoys her job very much to her mother’s dismay. Her mother wishes she would find a career and a husband! But being a barista and helping cats are her two passions. So much so she feeds the neighborhood strays with one particular cat she has a true love for whom she named, well, Cat.
Colin, who is a bestselling author, is a true loner. Although he writes masterful books, his life is filled with insecurity, no friends and a not so pleasant mother. And now with a new book due shortly for some reason he doesn’t know where to start. Then he spots a pretty woman coming daily who leaves food for a stray cat. He feels somehow drawn to her. Being so quiet and shy and uneasy he doesn’t know how to engage her. Then he gets an idea.
Lily has just moved to Brooklyn from Georgia. She is on a mission. She is looking for someone even though when she finds her, she won’t know what to do. Right now, she’s just trying to make ends meet due to the fact she can barely afford the rent in the apartment she shares and they’re threatening to evict her.
Bong owns the local bodega and recently lost his beloved wife. Since her passing he is lost. He is depressed. He does look forward to a woman who comes in daily and buys paper plates and the mailman who comes to deliver the mail, with a stray cat following him, so he can buy treats to feed him.
Omar is a mailman whose partner Carl wants him to go to cooking school to make more of himself. This is his dilemma. Although he does want to try something different it’s not cooking school. Afraid to tell Carl what his true passion is because he doesn’t know what it really is he just let’s him believe he will apply. As he travels along his route daily, he always picks up his friend a stray cat to tell his worries.
And of course there is Cat. Who tells us this tale of his human interactions. Cat is very naive, but very wise and has always lived on the street and does not know what to make of his “friends”.
What this group of people will suddenly have in common is how one stray cat will innocently change all their lives. This animal who they all love separately while never knowing each other existed and a special cat who brings them all together.
The bond these strangers create and the love they all share for this stray animal and what they will do to help each other will bring the reader to tears. Cat’s People is warm and uplifting and more importantly a story of hope which will impact anyone who reads about Cat’s people.
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