Caroline Paul. (2013). Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Caroline Paul. 2013. Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Caroline Paul, Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Caroline Paul. Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

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A FINALIST FOR THE 26TH LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD

What do our pets do when they're not with us? Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton used GPS, cat cameras, psychics, and the web to track the adventures of their beloved cat Tibia.
Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident and thought things couldn't get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partner, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, mourned his loss. Yet weeks later, Tibia waltzed back into their lives. His owners were overjoyed. But they were also...jealous? Betrayed? Where had their sweet anxious cat disappeared to? Had he become a swashbuckling cat adventurer? Did he love someone else more? His owners were determined to find out.
Using GPS technology, cat cameras, psychics, the web, and animal communicators, the authors of Lost Cat embarked on a quest to discover what their cat did when they weren't around. Told through writer Caroline Paul's rich and warmly poignant narrative and illustrator Wendy MacNaughton's stunning and hilarious 4-color illustrations, Lost Cat is a book for animal lovers, pet owners, and anyone who has ever done anything desperate for love.

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   • source: Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
   • content: As author Caroline Paul and illustrator Wendy MacNaughton chart their discoveries in the feline world, they unfurl an uncommonly charming and wise tale.
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   • source: Sarah Rothbard, Slate.com
   • content: Cute without being treacly, LOST CAT has an appeal that even dog partisans will have to acknowledge.
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   • source: Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
   • content: A tender, imaginative memoir infused with equal parts humor and humanity...an absolute treat from cover to cover.
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   • source: Jillian Steinhauer, Los Angeles Review of Books
   • content: If, however, you are even mildly curious about the psychology of cat-owners (whether you are one of them, or have long eyed them suspiciously) brethren, there is a book for you. Caroline Paul's LOST CAT: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology is revelatory...it moves easily and hilariously from one sentence and chapter to the next. Like the storyline, though, the form only appears simple; in truth, it's ingeniously crafted...All of this may sound a little over the top, and it is, especially for such a short book. But the effect is a fiercely charming narrative that sneaks up on a reader, just as the best fantastical books do...LOST CAT is an incredibly endearing work, a snapshot of the madness of loving and agonizing over and chasing after animals.
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   • source: BookPage.com
   • content: This poignant, witty gem of a story is accompanied by MacNaughton's quirky and amusing full-color illustrations. I laughed, I cried...
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   • source: Nancy Bent, Booklist
   • content: This addictive read, marvelously illustrated by Wendy's ink-and-wash drawings, will captivate all pet lovers.
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   • source: Publisher's Weekly
   • content: Hilarious and moving...Even non-cat lovers will find this an engaging read, charmingly illustrated by [Caroline] Paul's partner, [Wendy] MacNaughton, as Paul easily makes her strong emotions for her pets accessibly and universal.
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   • source: Suzy Becker, two-million-copy New York Times bestselling author of All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat
   • content: A delightful read for all those of us who would be lost without our cats.
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   • source: Maira Kalman
   • content: The writing and drawings are funny. Nutty. Heartwarming. Smart. Loopy. Full of Love.
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    • source: PBS "Newshour"
    • content: A thoughtful, kind and funny story about the love people can have for their pets and the weird places that this love and accompanying devotion can take them. But it also travels beyond the realm of human-pet relationships, offering commentary on all relationships and the roles of those we love and sometimes don't love in our lives.
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    • source: Trish Bendix, AfterEllen
    • content: One of my favorite new reads this spring.
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    • source: BrainPickings
    • content: Though "about" a cat, this heartwarming and heartbreaking tale is really about what it means to be human—about the osmosis of hollowing loneliness and profound attachment, the oscillation between boundless affection and paralyzing fear of abandonment, the unfair promise of loss implicit to every possibility of love.
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      October 22, 2012
      The self-deprecating author’s note sets the stage for this hilarious, and moving, account of Paul’s relationship with her two cats. In the note, the 40-ish Paul (East Wind, Rain) qualifies the accuracy of her story by noting that she was on painkillers for some of the time (while recovering from a plane crash) and asking the reader to also take into account “normal confusion for people our age.” The author’s note is followed by a New Yorker–like map of San Francisco, as seen by a cat, divided into areas of Fear, Large Threat, Total Death, Other Cat, Food? and Home. Her experiences with Fibby and Tibby (full names Fibula and Tibia) range from farce, as she attempts to track Tibia’s travels out of the home by means of a GPS device, to tragedy. The humor of the opening continues throughout, augmented by diagrams such as one of an animal shelter volunteer, with an arrow pointing to the woman’s “kind, crazy eyes.” Even non–cat lovers will find this an engaging read, charmingly illustrated by Paul’s partner, MacNaughton, as Paul easily makes her strong emotions for her pets accessible and universal. Illus. Agent: Charlotte Sheedy, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency.

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      March 1, 2013
      

      Paul (Fighting Fire) survived a plane crash and was slowly recovering at home with her beloved cats, Tibby and Fibby, and her partner, illustrator MacNaughton. Several weeks later Tibby, an anxious, shy cat, disappeared. Frantic, Paul consulted a pet psychic and a pet detective with no success. Weeks later, Tibby waltzed back into their lives with a newly confident demeanor. Paul and MacNaughton wondered where he had been, whether he'd been on the move or had been spending time with another family. Determined to find out more about Tibby's travels, they began what they called "Operation Chasing Tibby" using GPS technology, cat cameras, and flyers. Their search eventually led to an answer, and in the process the couple learned more about their neighbors and neighborhood. Paul's droll narrative combined with MacNaughton's playful illustrations make for an entertaining read. VERDICT This unusual title is recommended for large public libraries with extensive collections of cat titles.--Eva Lautemann, formerly with Georgia Perimeter Coll. Lib., Clarkston

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      March 1, 2013
      Paul (Fighting Fire, 1998; East Wind, Rain, 2006) was recovering from the crash of her small, experimental plane and the smashed ankle (and other injuries) that ensued. In a daze of painkillers, depression, and waking nightmares, she was afraid that her new partner, Wendy, would leave. Relying on the relationship she had with her catsthe longest relationship of her adult existenceshe clung to this normalcy in her changed life. And then the male, Tibby, disappeared. After five weeks of calling his name, placing flyers, consulting a psychic, and multiple visits to the shelter, a sleek and healthy Tibby just showed up one day. Where had he been? This funny and poignant memoir follows Caroline and Wendy's quest. Using a GPS unit and a kitty-camera, they tracked his movements around their San Francisco neighborhood, and in the process managed to cure Caroline's depression, meet their neighbors, and figure out where Tibby had been. This addictive read, marvelously illustrated by Wendy's ink-and-wash drawings, will captivate all pet lovers.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)

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What do our pets do when they're not with us? Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton used GPS, cat cameras, psychics, and the web to track the adventures of their beloved cat Tibia.
Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident and thought things couldn't get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partner, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, mourned his loss. Yet weeks later, Tibia waltzed back into their lives. His owners were overjoyed. But they were also...jealous? Betrayed? Where had their sweet anxious cat disappeared to? Had he become a swashbuckling cat adventurer? Did he love someone else more? His owners were determined to find out.
Using GPS technology, cat cameras, psychics, the web, and animal communicators, the authors of Lost Cat embarked on a quest to discover what their cat did when they weren't around. Told through writer Caroline Paul's rich and...

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