STRAYS: A LOST CAT, A HOMELESS MAN, AND THEIR JOURNEY ACROSS AMERICA

Book ID/图书代码： 04940017C00004

English Summary/英文概要： For fans of A Street Cat Named Bob and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Strays is a compelling true story of a man who rescues a stray, injured cat and how they save each other. Homeless, alcoholic, and depressed, Michael King lives in a UPS loading bay on the wrong side of the tracks in Portland, Oregon. One rainy night, he stumbles upon a hurt, starving, scruffy cat and takes her in. Nursing her back to health, he names her Tabor and she becomes a bit of a celebrity in southeast Portland. When winter comes, they travel from Oregon to the beaches of California to the high plains of Montana, surviving blizzards and bears, angry steers and rainstorms. Along the way, people are drawn to the spirited, beautiful cat and moved to help Michael, who cuts a striking figure with Tabor riding high on his backpack or walking on a leash. Tabor comforts Michael when he’s down, giving Michael someone to love and care for, and inspiring him to get sober and to come to terms with his past family traumas and grief over the death of his life partner.

As they make their way across the West Coast, the pair become inseparable, healing the scars of each other’s troubled pasts. But when Michael takes Tabor to a veterinarian in Montana, he discovers that Tabor has an identification chip and an owner in Portland who has never given up hope of finding his beloved cat, Michael makes the difficult choice to return to Portland and reunite Tabor with her owner. Now Michael must create a new purpose in his life after Tabor.

The authentic tale of an adventurous and charismatic cat and her compassionate human admirers, Strays proves the healing power of love and the profound bond between humans and animals.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于一只名叫鲍勃和杜威的流浪猫的粉丝们来说，迷失者是一个引人入胜的真实故事，讲述了一个拯救一只流浪猫、一只受伤的猫以及它们如何拯救彼此的故事。无家可归、酗酒、抑郁的迈克尔金住在俄勒冈州波勒特市的一个UPS的装载舱里。一个下雨的夜晚，他偶然发现一只受伤的、饥饿的、邋遢的猫，就把她带进自己的住所。她希望起个能带给健康的名字，于是他给她取名为塔博尔，她在波特兰东南部成为了一个名人。当冬天来临的时候，他们从俄勒冈州到加州的海滩，再到蒙大拿的高地，幸存下来的暴风雪和熊，愤怒的暴风雨。在这条路上，人们被这只活泼的、美丽的猫吸引，并帮助迈克尔，他在塔博尔的背包上骑着马，或者带着皮带走着。塔博尔在他失望的时候安慰了迈克尔，给了他一个爱和关心，并激励他冷静下来，并鼓励他勇敢面对过去的家庭创伤和他的生活伴侣的死亡

当他们穿越西海岸的时候，他们已经变得形影不离，治愈了彼此烦恼的过往的伤疤。但是，当迈克尔带着塔博尔去蒙大拿的一名兽医时，他发现塔博尔身上有一个识别芯片和一个在波特兰的主人，他从来没有放弃寻找他心爱的猫的希望，迈克尔做出了艰难的选择，回到波特兰，让塔博尔和她的主人团聚。现在，迈克尔必须在塔博尔的生活中创造一个新的目标。

爱冒险的猫和富有同情心的人类仰慕者的真实故事，证明了爱的治愈力量和人类和动物之间深厚的纽带。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况：这是一个感人的、深入的研究，它是一只引人注目的流浪猫的生活，是一个引人注目的“穷困潦倒”的人，他给彼此带来了欢乐和意外的冒险。这个可爱的、明亮的故事将温暖你的心灵，让你开怀大笑，想和一只拯救猫分享你的生活。——杰弗里•穆萨耶夫•马森，猫的九种情感生活的作者

布里特•柯林斯的平易近人和同理心的新书，描绘了迈克尔和塔博尔之间的亲密关系，他们在美国旅行时，面对着生活在路上的挑战，无论是从自然还是从环境中。这个故事一直萦绕在我的脑海里，提醒我，动物的照料真的能激发并使改变成为可能。——克莱尔•贝赞特，国际猫保健公司的首席执行官

——有时是令人心碎的，迷失者让我被囚禁，渴望，渴望着小塔博尔找到她回家的路。最后，我想起了爱一个动物的终极代价——失去的那一刻，那一刻，你不得不说，痛苦是值得去爱另一个世界的生物的礼物。——芭芭拉•班内特，一位狮子灵魂的作者

-迷失者是对一个非凡故事的深情讲述。在这里，除了人类与动物的关系，还有在社会边缘生存和冒险的故事之外，还有更多的东西。迷失者提醒我们，世界上没有一种渺小或微不足道的生活，每一种生命都有内在的价值。——弗朗西斯•巴蒂斯塔，最好的朋友动物协会的联合创始人

-这是一本关于猫的的摇滚乐版。它让我从第一页开始着迷。——谢恩•马克•高恩

A touching, in-depth look at the lives of a remarkable stray cat and a remarkable down-and-out man who brought each other joy and unexpected adventure.This lovely, luminous story will warm your heart, make you laugh and want to share your life with a rescue cat. --Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats"

-A touching, in-depth look at the lives of a remarkable stray cat and a remarkable down-and-out man who brought each other joy and unexpected adventure. This lovely, luminous story will warm your heart, make you laugh and want to share your life with a rescue cat.- ----Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats

-Britt Collins’s accessible and empathetic new book, Strays, portrays the close bond between Michael and Tabor as they traveled through America, facing the challenges of living on the road, both from nature and from circumstance. The story continues to linger in my mind and reminds me that the care of an animal really can motivate and make change possible.-----Claire Bessant, CEO of International Cat Care

-At times heart-wrenching, Strays held me captive, eager, and anxious for little Tabor to find her way back home. And at the end, I was reminded of the ultimate price of loving an animal--the moment of loss, the moment when you have to say the pain was worth the gift of loving another of the world’s creatures.-----Barbara Bennett, author of Soul of a Lion

-Strays is the affectionate telling of a remarkable story. There is much more here than the healing power of the human/animal bond or a tale of survival and adventure on the margins of society. Strays reminds us that there is no such thing as a small or insignificant life and that every life has intrinsic value.-----Francis Battista, Co-Founder of Best Friends Animal Society

-This is the rock n roll version of a cat book. It got me hooked from the first page.---Shane MacGowen

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