The Three Kitties That Saved My Life by Mike Meyer - Book Review and Giveaway

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Finalist 2014 RONE Award, Inspirational Book
AN UPLIFTING TRUE STORY OF LOVE - from love and loss to love once again - a feel-good read
#1 Amazon best seller in Love and Loss, December 2013
#1 Amazon best seller in Educator Biographies, April 2014
#1 Amazon best seller in Love & Romance, April 2014

What if you suddenly lost your partner through life? How would you find the will to go on all alone? Would you ever be able to fall in love again? This is the true story of my journey from grieving widower, not caring if I lived or died, to the once-again happily married man I am today, a man who both loves and cherishes life. My three kitties have given me a new zest for living.

My story begins with loss and tears, but it ends with lots of love and laughter. I hope that you will find yourself both entertained and inspired by my journey.

My review:

This is a charming little book and, at only 80 pages, it is a quick read. I finished it in one evening, but there are parts of it that will stay with me for a while.

My heart broke for the author as he described his first marriage and the the tragedy that so swiftly came upon him and his wife. I laughed at the description as how Coco came into his life (it's true.. cats choose their owners, not the other way around). And I was excited for him when his second Kitty came into his life.

This book runs a gamut of emotions in its few pages--and the author's voice comes through loud and clear. Good job, Mr. Meyer. 4 flowers.

Enjoy an excerpt:

It is amazing how time helps. In time, I have learned to overcome my own albatross. I have learned to live again, to love again. Life is a gift reads a plaque on our dining room wall, and that sums up what I have gained from the three kitties that saved my life. From Coco, I learned to care again. From Kitty, I learned to love again. From Pom Pom, I have learned how to cope with my own demons, the effects of aging being one of these. Pom Pom has taught me to accept what is and then to move onward. Yes, I have learned plenty from my three kitties.

My journey has been a long one, a difficult one at times, but it has a happy ending. The three kitties in my life have made it so. They have all helped me to become the happy-to-be-alive man that I am today. I now accept rather than cope. I live each day to the fullest, knowing full well that life is a gift, and a very precious one at that. I look back on my life and I often think that I must be the luckiest man in the world. I have so much to be thankful for. The wonderment and beauty of life are both so dear to me.

And, to add a delicious icing to the lovely taste of my life, I can say with total honesty to the whole world, my voice booming into the sky, my dancing feet not caring in the least who might see me, that I have been very fortunate to have done something that brings more sheer delight and wonderful pride to me than anything else that I have accomplished in my life: I have fallen madly, heads-over-heels in love not once, but twice, and how many others can say that?

About the Author:

Michael Meyer is an award-winning author of mysteries, thrillers, humorous fiction, and non-fiction: Love and romance, laughter and tears, thrills and fears. THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE was his heartfelt attempt to make things right again in his life after his first wife died, and putting this true story of love down on paper worked. It was something that he knew he had to do. One reviewer says of this book, "This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day." As a recent retiree from a forty-year career as a professor of writing, he now lives in Southern California wine country with his wife, Kitty, and their two adorable rescue cats.

Amazon author site: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005E7M8CW
Facebook writer’s site: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMeyersWritingLife/app_191387770912394
Pinterest writer’s site: http://www.pinterest.com/temmike/

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