When CatOnMyHead mentioned that this novel was narrated from the cat’s perspective, I knew I was going to end up reading it sooner or later. Boo, the cat in question, has always thought of the mother of the family has her person while the two teenagers, father and new baby were simply extras, or in the worst cases, competition for Mother’s attention. As a result, the cat is at a loss when Mother disappears. Since Boo can’t ask, and the humans are not talking to […]
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Cat???
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.” […]