Stories set in the context of a family split are generally told from the perspective of one of the adults in the relationship, or from that of the child(ren) caught in the middle. Sandi Ward’s debut novel “The Astonishing Thing” employs a different voice: that of the family cat. Admittedly, when I first read the concept of the novel my thought was that it would go something like this: “Hoomin, feed me.” “Medium hoomin, stop yelling at large hoomin – I am trying to nap.” […]