An instant New York Times bestseller this is an unforgettable story about a cat love and loss
from a highly acclaimed writerCaleb Carr has lived with cats ever since he was a young boy. He
grew up in a turbulent household - where famous Beat poets artists and addicts came and went -
and his steadiest companions were pets. Since then he had many feline companions with
relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But only after building a three-story
home in rural upstate New York did he encounter someone extraordinary: Masha a Siberian
Forest cat who had been abandoned as a kitten and was languishing in a shelter. She had hissed
and fought off all previous carers and potential adopters but somehow she chose him. For the
seventeen years that followed Caleb and Masha were inseparable. Masha ruled the house and the
dangerous wilderness surrounding it. When she was hurt only Caleb could help her. When he
suffered long-standing physical ailments Masha knew what to do. Caleb learned to decode much
of Masha's inner life but their bond went far beyond owner and pet. Inspiring heart-breaking
and life-affirming this is a love story like no other.
