New Editions of Dulcy's Books

Today’s posting is about two books that many of you have already read. Both are about Dulcy, the cat with whom I lived for 17 ½ years. She died of kidney failure on July 6, 1989. Two days later, she began to give me the story that ultimately became the book A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story.

In it, she shares the depth of our relationship—how we met—how she trained me—how we both came to treasure Bartleby who came to us as a kitten—and how we became essential to one another’s happiness and contentment.

Crown first published the hardcover of A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story in September 1992. Eight years later, a small press published the trade paperback. It is that paperback that some of you read way back in 2011, when I first began to blog.

Now, I have self-published—with the help of my niece—a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of A Cat’s Life. Its format has been modernized, but the major difference between this edition and the earlier paperback and hardcover is that I’ve added an Introduction.

In that intro, I explain how the book was given to me by Dulcy; how I searched for a publisher; and how it came to be published—without an agent—by Crown. The Introduction covers the detours and disappointments that accompanied both the book’s journey to publication and my journey to introducing the sweetness of Dulcy to more than 14,000 readers.

If A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story interests you, please click on the top icon to the right of this posting. It will take you to Amazon where a paper copy is available as well as an e-book.

I have also recently self-published Dulcy’s second book, entitled A Cat’s Legacy: Dulcy’s Companion Book. Wayman Press published it in November 2011, and many of you read it at that time. This second edition has a new cover as well as a refreshed format.

This second Dulcy book contains twelve habits that Dulcy shares with kits and cats who seek the bliss of a relationship with a loving human. For each of those habits, which she describes in an anecdotal story, I write my own anecdote about how the the habit influenced my life.

If A Cat’s Legacy: Dulcy’s Companion Book interests you, please click on the second icon to the right of this posting. It will take you to Amazon where a paper copy is available as well as an e-book.

You will note that there are three icons on the right side of this blog. Each takes a reader to Amazon where the two Dulcy books as well as the convent memoir that I self-published in March of this year are available.

I want to thank all of you who have read these books in the years between 2011—when I first began to blog—and today. I’m hoping that those of you who are just now learning about Dulcy’s books will discover for yourselves the wonder of the relationship she and I shared. A relationship that you, too, may share with a feline.

Peace.