Description
A sister volume to the internationally successful A Girl's Best Friend, this book explores the relationships between women and their cats - or more aptly, cats and their women. There are cats of all colours and sizes - from the city, the farm, the bush; cats who can open fridges, sign contracts, and cats-in-drag. They get stuck in strange places and survive amazing ordeals. Some disappear only to return mysteriously; others live on as most treasured memories. They entertain, amuse, frustrate and delight us; they tug at our hearts and offer insight into our lives. A delightful collection of writing from women and girls all around the world, accompanied by beautiful photographs of their feline friends.
About the Author
Jan Fook was born and raised in Sydney and discovered the love of dogs at an early age. In addition to pursuing a career as an academic, she has always had dogs in her home life. She has a firm belief that the vital role dogs play in our happiness is yet to be fully recognized. In the future, Jan hopes to be able to combine her two greatest loves, dogs and writing. In the meantime she is Professor of Social Work at La Trobe University, Bendigo and the author/editor of numerous books including: Transforming Social Work Practice; Breakthroughs in Practice; Radical Casework; Professional Expertise; Critical Social Work in Changing Contexts; and The Reflective Researcher. Renate Klein admits that the joys of dog companionship came to her after establishing herself as a writer and academic. She has been Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne and the author/editor of numerous well know books includes Test Tube Women; Theories of Women's Studies (with Gloria Bowles); Man-Made Women; Infertility; Radically Speaking (with Diane Bell); Radical Voices; CyberFeminism and a number of other anthologies. She says of herself that she still cares passionately about social justice for women, particularly in the area of reproductive and cyber technologies, but her dog, River makes her laugh and cry much more these days and experience pure joie de vivre. Susan Hawthorne is the author of six collections of poetry including Bird, The Butterfly Effect, Unsettling the Land, Earth's Breath and Cow. She has worked in the publishing industry for twenty-five years and is also known as an aerialist. Two books, Bird and Earth's Breath have been broadcast on the radio program, Poetica. In 2009 she was an Asialink Literature Resident at the University of Madras, India and she is Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University, Townsville. Her poetry has been published in Best Australian Poems anthologies on several occasions and Earth's Breath was shortlisted for the 2010 Judith Wright Poetry Award.
Reviews
"This special volume on the meaning of cats in women's lives is the second in a series of collections on what companion animals mean to women around the globe..." -- Your Cat, April 2005.
Book Information
ISBN 9781876756376
Author Fook Jan
Format Paperback
Page Count 219
Imprint Spinifex Press
Publisher Spinifex Press
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 212mm * 210mm * 15mm
About the Author
Jan Fook was born and raised in Sydney and discovered the love of dogs at an early age. In addition to pursuing a career as an academic, she has always had dogs in her home life. She has a firm belief that the vital role dogs play in our happiness is yet to be fully recognized. In the future, Jan hopes to be able to combine her two greatest loves, dogs and writing. In the meantime she is Professor of Social Work at La Trobe University, Bendigo and the author/editor of numerous books including: Transforming Social Work Practice; Breakthroughs in Practice; Radical Casework; Professional Expertise; Critical Social Work in Changing Contexts; and The Reflective Researcher. Renate Klein admits that the joys of dog companionship came to her after establishing herself as a writer and academic. She has been Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne and the author/editor of numerous well know books includes Test Tube Women; Theories of Women's Studies (with Gloria Bowles); Man-Made Women; Infertility; Radically Speaking (with Diane Bell); Radical Voices; CyberFeminism and a number of other anthologies. She says of herself that she still cares passionately about social justice for women, particularly in the area of reproductive and cyber technologies, but her dog, River makes her laugh and cry much more these days and experience pure joie de vivre. Susan Hawthorne is the author of six collections of poetry including Bird, The Butterfly Effect, Unsettling the Land, Earth's Breath and Cow. She has worked in the publishing industry for twenty-five years and is also known as an aerialist. Two books, Bird and Earth's Breath have been broadcast on the radio program, Poetica. In 2009 she was an Asialink Literature Resident at the University of Madras, India and she is Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University, Townsville. Her poetry has been published in Best Australian Poems anthologies on several occasions and Earth's Breath was shortlisted for the 2010 Judith Wright Poetry Award.
Reviews
"This special volume on the meaning of cats in women's lives is the second in a series of collections on what companion animals mean to women around the globe..." -- Your Cat, April 2005.
Book Information
ISBN 9781876756376
Author Fook Jan
Format Paperback
Page Count 219
Imprint Spinifex Press
Publisher Spinifex Press
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 212mm * 210mm * 15mm
