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Bob Tarte had his first encounter with a cat when he was two and a
half years old. He should have learned his lesson then, from
Fluffy. But as he says, "I listened to my heart instead, and that
always leads to trouble." In this tell-all of how the Tarte
household grew from one recalcitrant cat to six--including a
hard-to-manage stray named Frannie--Tarte confesses to allowing
these interlopers to shape his and his wife's life, from their
dining habits to their sleeping arrangements to the placement and
furriness of their furniture. But more than that, Bob begins seeing
Frannie and the other cats as unlikely instructors in the art of
achieving contentment, even in the face of illness and injury.
Bewitched by the unknowable nature of domesticated cats, he
realizes that sometimes wildness and mystery are exactly what he
needs.With the winning humor and uncanny ability to capture the
soul of the animal world that made" Enslaved by Ducks" a success,
Tarte shows us that life with animals gives us a way out of our
narrow human perspective to glimpse something larger, more
enduring, and more grounded in the simplicities of love--and
catnip.
The book that "Entertainment Weekly" called "hilarious,"
"Publishers Weekly" declared "a true pleasure," "Booklist" called
"heartwarming," and the "Dallas Morning News" praised as "rich and
funny" is now available in paperback.
When Bob Tarte bought a house in rural Michigan, he was counting on
a tranquil haven. Then Bob married Linda. She wanted a rabbit,
which seemed innocuous enough until the bunny chewed through their
electrical wiring. And that was just the beginning. Before long,
Bob found himself constructing cages, buying feed, clearing duck
waste, and spoon-feeding a menagerie of furry and feathery
residents. His life of quiet serenity vanished, and he unwittingly
became a servant to a relentlessly demanding family. "They
dumbfounded him, controlled and teased him, took their share of his
flesh, stole his heart" ("Kirkus Reviews").
Whether commiserating with Bob over the fate of those who are
slaves to their animals or regarding his story as a cautionary tale
about the rigors of animal ownership, readers on both sides of the
fence have found Tarte's story of his chaotic squawking household
irresistible--and irresistibly funny.
For much of his life, the closest Bob Tarte got to a nature walk
was the stroll from parking lot to picnic table on family outings.
But then a chance sighting of a dazzling rose-breasted grosbeak in
wife-to-be Linda's backyard prompts a fascination with birds, which
he had never cared about before in the least. Soon he is obsessed
with spotting more and more of them-the rarer the better-and
embarks on a bumpy journey to improve his bumbling birding skills.
Along the way, Tarte offers readers a droll look at the pleasures
and pitfalls he encounters, introduces a colorful cast of fellow
birders from across the country, and travels to some of the premier
birding sites in the Midwest, including Point Pelee, Magee Marsh,
Tawas Point State Park, and even Muskegon Wastewater System. This
funny, heartfelt memoir will appeal to birders of all skill levels
as well as to anyone who knows and loves a birder.
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