Nick the Cat

by Roberta C. Bondi

Book Overview

Combining her storytelling skills with theological insights and reflections, Bondi here tells the story of the stray cat Nick, who wheedled his way into her family's life, home, and heart. At first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687045207
• ISBN13: 9780687045204
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This book was recommended to me when we lost our beloved cat suddenly and unexpectedly. It is a very well written story of a theologian and church historian who is also a cat lover. She is adopted by a very unusual stray cat, the title Nick. She details her family's life with this cat until his death. The anecdotes of Nick's life are hilarious and his behavior is definitely un-cat-like. She intersperses episodes in their life with Nick with observations on life and our tendency to anthropomorphize our animal friends. She makes the case that animals are not just a pre-programmed bundle of instincts but have unique "personalities." Her sociological and theological insights are useful and thought provoking. All in all, an enjoyable read and a source of valuable insight.

Robert Bondi and all her books are a MUST read

Nick the Cat is like nothing you have ever read. It is about a stray cat and what happens to the woman, a retired Harvard and Candler prof and Oxford Scholar and a completely companionable woman, who encounters and tries to understand this strange cat. For every cat lover and everyone who examines their life from its spiritual side.