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Purring Angels

by Marguerite Vlielander; Cover Design or Artwork by Anne Versteyne; Translated by Jozef Gommeren

399 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0604; ISBN 1-4251-2202-7; US$29.00, C$33.35, EUR22.61, £14.99

Purring Angels, the book for cat-lovers! Two books in one!

Read the lovely, often hilarious stories about my kitties, the co-authors and many other cat-stories, poems, info and so much more about cats!

About the Book

Purring Angels, the book for cat-lovers

Cats are wonderful. We can learn so much from them.

In the first part of "Purring Angels" you will read all about my seven kitties: Daimke and Catje, who have had such a difficult start in their lives. Chummy, my golden eyed British Gentleman. Puddie, the eldest, writes beautiful letters with much wisdom to his pen friends. Donsje, the sweetest cat on earth becomes a real film star. Mickje who was thrown over the gate, thin and injured, learned how it is to be loved. Tommeke, my 'wild' Belgian Forest Cat who joins us later. He is incredible and he loves us with all his heart. Luckje who stayed only for a year.

I tell about stray cats and the good work the people who take care of them do. Just read what happened to Ophelia? Do you know the cat goddess Bastet and Saint Francis? There are wonderful poems and stories all over the book. The ones about the Rainbow Bridge give so much comfort.

In the second part of the book I tell about Anorexia. It was my animals who saved me by urging me to fight and eat. The next chapters deal with the upbringing of cats and include many interesting facts about cats. Read the lovely stories from the Cats Confidential Newsletter. I inserted quotations from the Bible and the Koran. FAB, the Feline Advisory Bureau allowed me to use their leaflets about feline diseases and hazardous plants.

Part of the proceeds will go to kittens in distress.

Click the link to see a happy dancing cat, "Donsje!".

Reviews

Herewith some reactions on Purring Angels. They make us very happy. We feel so proud! Many lovely mails and telephones we got about the book. Most of the reactions are in Dutch, but some are in English like the one Jenny sent me. Jenny is a well know author in England and wrote the wonderful books: 'A Cat In My Lap' and 'Amber'. Lovely books the are!

Hello dear Marg,

It as lovely to hear from you, thank you as always. I am sure you and all your furries must be basking in the sunshine of much praise at the moment. I am now at page 122 of your book, thoroughly enjoying it and so impressed with all your knowledge and research etc.. some of which I know will show up very strongly at the end of the book. . . but all the lovely little stories are so moving and the mixture of poems, stories, sound advice and illustrations is a great success.

Yes, indeed I do know how much work goes into a book and you must have put in your very life blood, hours and weeks and months and years to have so much wonderful detail. I am full of admiration.

Much love Jenny

And two weeks later: 'Still very much enjoying the book. So much good advice. I think Adora Bubble should read it.' (Adora Bubble is her little kitty)

Marc Matthijssen wrote: 'What a lovely book! An other milestone in your life and what a wonderful one!!! Many many congratulations! We are proud at you!

Marc and Lieve.' ( Marc is a dear friend and is Pharmacist)

Elyse Cregar who wrote the lovely book 'Feline Online', ( http://www.palousepalette.com/ ) sent me this lovely mail.

'Hi Marguerite - your beautiful book arrived here in Moscow, Idaho! - it is a real treasure- I love the pictures, the cover design is adorable! and look forward to reading it soon!! you must be very proud! and your Purring Angels as well. I will send you a real card when I've had a chance to read a bit.'

Much love Elyse'

From Elyse, Fifi, Kitty and grandsons Avery and Keenan

Dear Marg, we are all enjoying your wonderful book - and the dancing cat - my grandsons ask to see her dance! (Donsje)

I was sad to read of your mother's dying - your book is so full of love for others and for cats everywhere!

We will be reading and enjoying your Purring Angels for a long time. And thank you for including the 'short' version of Tarzan's story - it is so cutely written of Feline Online.

I love you sharing of so many history of cat stories and their health issues as well.
Thank you for sending us this treasure! Love Elyse Cregar May 2008

'Thanks from all of us.

Elyse and Fifi Kitty and my grandsons Avery & Keenan.

*Elyse is a wonderful friend who wrote 'Feline on line', the story in Purring Angels about Tarzan, a lovely Tomcat who ordered online a parrot.

Hello dear Marg,

It as lovely to hear from you, thank you as always. I am sure you  and all your furries must be basking in the sunshine of much praise  at the moment. I am now at page 122 of your book, thoroughly  enjoying it and so impressed with all your knowledge and research  etc…some of which I know will show up very strongly at the end of  the book…but all the lovely little stories are so moving and  the mixture of poems, stories, sound advice and illustrations is a  great success.

Yes, indeed I do know how much work goes into a book and you must have put in your very life blood, hours and weeks and months and years to have so much wonderful detail. I am full of admiration.

Jenny x

About the Author

I had a lovely youth on a manor of 1800 hectares, where my father was the steward. I loved working on the land, took long walks with the dogs along the river, went horseriding, swimming…I was a very happy child, surrounded by my animal-friends. I have always been in close and special contact with them. They were my most important teachers. They taught me the real meaning of friendship, unconditional love and loyalty. They paid attention to me, worried about me. They taught me the real value of life! Their love is Love with a capital L.

My dearest wish was to have a cat. This dream materialised when Puddie came into my life. Puddie, my beautiful king-cat! He was the first of my eight cats, the co-authors of Purring Angels. Luckje and Donsje soon followed. Then came Mickje, sick and starving, who was thrown over the fence into the garden. Chummeke, Daimke, Catje and Tommeke followed later.

I have had 30 years of Anorexia and I was saved by the unconditional love of my angelanimals. 'Not all angels have wings'. Now I dedicate my life to helping cats in distress. I write about them, give information about them, advise people how to keep their kitties happy and promote spaying and neutering, one of the most important things to prevent unhappy cats.

It is my profound wish that my book may help cats by informing people. Part of the proceeds of 'Purring Angels' will go to kittens in distress.

Excerpts