Editions of homers odyssey by gwen cooper goodreads. Join my mailing list to get a free copy today of this allnew book about homer and his fur family. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat, written by gwen cooper. Homer the blind wonder cat 199720 was an eyeless cat who served as the inspiration for the 2009 new york times bestselling memoir homers odyssey. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat, i loved it. Gwen read excerpts of love saves the day, then spoke about homer and fielded questions from the rapt audience everyone was eager to find out how homer is. His personality, his challenges, his circumstances, or all three. It detailed cooper s life with an abandoned, eyeless cat that she rescued when he was three weeks old and subsequently named homer. She was older then homer so she still remembers having sight and isnt quite as fearless as he was.
Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. It celebrates the refusal to accept limits on love, ability, or hope against overwhelming odds. The ninth life of a blind wonder cat, and the novels love saves the day and diary of a south beach party girl. Gwen read excerpts of love saves the day, then spoke about homer and fielded questions from the rapt. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat and homer. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He survived being trapped alone for days after 911 in an.
Homers odyssey by gwen cooper penguin books australia. Homers odyssey is the onceinalifetime story of an extraordinary cat and his human companion. And the gods were sitting down to council, and among them zeus, who thunders on high, whose might is supreme. Homers odyssey by gwen cooper by random house issuu. Homers odyssey has been published in twentytwo languages. The odyssey concerns the heros return home after the fall of troy. In fact, i have since adopted a blind cat that lost her eyes due to head trauma on the streets of thailand.
Gwen cooper seamlessly weaves pathos and laugh out loud humor in a book that will make you shed tears of heartache and joy. I enjoyed it so much, i searched for a bought gwen cooper s other books as well. Homer s odyssey has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. It celebrates the refusal to accept limitson love, ability, or hope against overwhelming odds. Homer s odyssey has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace same low prices, bigger selection, more fun. Gwen cooper is a new york citybased american novelist and author of the 2009 new york times bestselling memoir homers odyssey. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat is unabashedly the former. Throughout the epic, homer casually reveals upcoming events in a way that confirms the theory that the audience is already familiar with the plot. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Shes on a book tour purrmoting her new work, love saves the day. Homers odyssey by gwen cooper paperback, 2011 for sale. Homer the blind wonder cat uses his supersenses to solve murders in a sunny small town in 1990s south florida. Jim edgar, author of my cat hates you and bad cat a heartwarming and charming memoir of how adopting a sightless kitten brought joy and love and new direction into a womans life. We chat with homers odyssey author gwen cooper about her blind cats legacy.
A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5th ed. Gwen proceeds to learn many lessons and receive encouragement from watching homer embrace life even though blind. He was a three week old, abandoned, eyeless kitten and gwen was unable to resist his charm. Gwen cooper homers odyssey with founder jeanette cereske. Gwen cooper blind cats tale homers odyssey youtube. Gwen cooper was newly single, living in a friends house, and already the owner of two catsthree good reasons to say no when her vet called to ask her to take on a blind kitten. By turns jubilant and moving, its a memoir for anybody whos ever fallen completely and helplessly in love with a pet. Aug 24, 2009 homers odyssey is the onceinalifetime story of an extraordinary cat and his human companion. This book chronicles the life of homer, the blind cat, with gwen cooper a young lady who is in the midst of finding solutions to lifes problems. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety.
Homer s odyssey once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read homer s odyssey. Check out the sequel to homer s odyssey, read the homer whodunit cozy mystery series, or browse the other heartwarming and hilarious books.
Gwen cooper is the new york times bestselling author of the memoir homer s odyssey. Homers odyssey is a memoir of sorts about a tiny black cat who loses both his eyes at 2 weeks old. Homer, the greek poet who wrote the great epic poems the iliad and the odyssey, was blind. We chat with homers odyssey author gwen cooper about her. Yet the feline hero of homer s odyssey is blind, and this is his inspirational love story. Homer s odyssey is the onceinalifetime story of an extraordinary cat and his human companion. Last week, we finally met gwen cooper, the ny times bestselling author of homers odyssey.
Author gwen cooper reads an excerpt from her book, homer s odyssey. A book 10 years in the making to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of homers odyssey. Homers odyssey book by gwen cooper 5 available editions. Homer s odyssey japanese edition japanese hardcover may 1, 2010 by gwen cooper author visit amazons gwen cooper page. Homer, odyssey book 5 theoi classical texts library. Homer s odyssey was a book i discovered merely on a whim while searching for other feline tales to sniff at and swoon over. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat, a memoir about her life with an abandoned, eyeless cat that she rescued when he was three weeks old and subsequently named homer. Homer scaled sevenfoot bookcases with ease and leapt five feet into the air to catch flies in midbuzz. Homer the blind wonder cat was an eyeless cat who served as the inspiration for the 2009 new york times bestselling memoir homers odyssey. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat, author and homers mom gwen cooper has opened the vault to put together this oversized, fullcolor, beautifully decorated, keepsake scrapbook, which includes. Homers odyssey by gwen cooper penguin random house audio. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat by gwen cooper. Homer lived in midtown with cooper and lerman for the rest of his life.
This page is automatically generated based on what facebook users are interested in, and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with the topic. Gwen cooper is the new york times bestselling author of the memoirs homer s odyssey. Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens. A miami native, she spent five years working in nonprofit administration, marketing, and. I love books about pets and have read quite a few, but homer s odyssey stands out to me as the very best. Gwen homers odyssey coopers book tour mousebreath magazine. But she is an amazing cat and i see a lot of what gwen talks about in homer. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart.
Gwen cooper homers odyssey burglar story gwen cooper blind cats tale homers. Author gwen cooper reads an excerpt from her book, homers odyssey. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. Homer s odyssey and love saves the day 2 book bundle by gwen cooper goodreads author 4. What universal themes, such as this, does homers story evoke. Murray now dawn arose from her couch from beside lordly tithonus, to bear light to the immortals and to mortal men. Jan 06, 2011 buy homer s odyssey by cooper, gwen isbn. Humbly told, it is an outstanding yet sweet and inspiring account of a very brave little kitten to a very brave little cat living his life in exploration of the world around him. Homers odyssey, by gwen cooper the bookwyrms hoard.
The ninth life of a blind wonder cat by gwen cooper. Homer taught me that building my life around someone other than myself, making myself responsible for someone elses life, is one of the most rewarding differences between being a kid and being an adult. The book only covers homers first eleven years and i cannot wait to read about his later life. The famous kitty who was the subject of a new york times best seller lives on in a new book and in the. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat, author and homers mom gwen cooper has opened the vaults to put together this fullcolor, beautifully decorated keepsake scrapbook, which includes. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat, written by gwen cooper it detailed cooper s life with an abandoned, eyeless cat that she rescued when he was three weeks old and subsequently named homer. Mar 20, 2012 homer s odyssey by gwen cooper original publication date.
A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat audio cd published august 25th 2009 by books. The odyssey book 5 lyrics calypsoulysses reaches scheria on a raft and now, as dawn rose from her couch beside tithonusharbinger of light alike to mortals and immortals the gods met in council. Read homer s odyssey a fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat by gwen cooper available from rakuten kobo. What do you make of the quotes from the odyssey that start each chapter. Sep 11, 2009 homers odyssey is a mustread, to quote from the book s cover, for anybody whos ever fallen completely and hopelessly in love with a pet. Then gwens veterinarian called with a story about a threeweekold eyeless kitten whod been abandoned. Gwen cooper is the author of the novel diary of a south beach party girl. Check out the sequel to homer s odyssey, read the homer whodunit cozy mystery series, or browse the other heartwarming and hilarious books ive written for cat lovers. Sep 07, 2010 homer s odyssey by gwen cooper, 9780385343985, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A fearless feline tale, or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat audio cd published august 25th 2009 by books on tape. Homer s odyssey eloquently demonstrates that the bond between felines and their humans is requisite for our enlightenment.
I figured that with her last book being, diary of a south beach party girl, which. He kept her company through the ups and downs of daily life and by the time she had met the man she would marry gwen realised homer had taught her. Hang out with me and with other readers as we shmooze and celebrate all things feline. Homers odyssey is certainly a book about homer and his remarkable life, but it also a book about how homers approach to life gave the author the courage and fortitude to make changes in her own life to better fulfill her then inchoate dreams. Homers odyssey by cooper, gwen paperback book the fast free shipping. Jan 06, 2011 homer s odyssey by gwen cooper, 9780553825152, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Check out the sequel to homers odyssey, read the homer whodunit cozy mystery series, or browse the other heartwarming and hilarious books ive written for. Homers life has often revolved around taking a leap of faith. He was a three week old, blind kitten and gwen was unable to resist his. Sep 01, 2010 homer s odyssey is the story of one cats unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love, his constant happiness in the face of all obstacles and his ability to inspire and transform gwens life.
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