
Dewey's Nine Lives
The Magic of a Small-town Library Cat Who Touched Millions
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Narrated by:
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Andrea Gallo
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By:
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Vicki Myron
About this listen
Vicki Myron follows up her number-one New York Times best-seller Dewey with stories of cats who inspire their owners and includes two brand-new Dewey stories!
Dewey's Nine Lives offers nine funny, inspiring, and heartwarming stories about cats - all told from the perspective of "Dewey's Mom", librarian Vicki Myron.
The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster best-seller and a publishing phenomenon. It has sold nearly a million copies, spawned three children's books, and will be the basis for an upcoming movie. No doubt about it, Dewey has created a community. Dewey touched readers everywhere, who realized that no matter how difficult their lives might seem, or how ordinary their talents, they can - and should - make a positive difference to those around them. Now, Dewey is back, with even more heartwarming moments and life lessons to share.
The amazing felines in this audiobook include Dewey, of course, whose further never-before-told adventures are shared, and several others Vicki found out about when their owners reached out to her.
Vicki learned, through extensive interviews and story sharing, what made these cats special, and how they fit into Dewey's community of perseverance and love. From a divorced mother in Alaska who saved a drowning kitten on Christmas Eve to a troubled Vietnam veteran whose heart was opened by his long relationship with a rescued cat, these Dewey-style stories will inspire listeners to laugh, cry, care, and, most importantly, believe in the magic of animals to touch individual lives.
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Great book.
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So sweet and endearing
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A Tale too Long
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Moving, heartfelt testimonies
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But I loved the original "Dewey" story so much that I had to take a chance on this.
Sure enough, there are a number of the stories like I mention above *sigh*, but there are some good ones mixed in there as well. I really enjoyed "Christmas Cat" for example, and a few others, and the surprise was that thrown in there, in between the other stories, are some new anecdotes about Dewey (and Vicki), which I really enjoyed hearing about.
So overall, I'm happy that I got this book, and listened to it. It's not near as good as the original Dewey book, not even close, but as far as the "collection of short cat stories" books, it's above average.
Better Than Expected
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Would recommend to anyone.
God bless Vicki, Dewey, and everyone else who helped Dewey!
Love this true story
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Dewey 9 Lives
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