Princess and Minerva, by Carolyn Lane
While I was in Taipei, I went to a used bookshop. In the two cases devoted to English-language books, I found a copy of this book, which I had not recalled since I last read it (when I was nine, probably) but which I recognized immediately from the cover photo.
Minerva, a feral calico cat, is buddies with Princess, a pampered Persian who visits when her family rents a beach house every summer. In the previous book (which I haven’t read) Princess is somehow accidentally left behind and learns to survive with Minerva’s help. In this one, Minerva is hit by a car and driven to a veterinary hospital, then given away to a woman who lives far from Minerva’s ocean-side home. Minerva escapes and evades various dangers and well-meaning attempted owners, on her quest to get back home and see Princess again.
Not a classic or anything, but nicely written, vivid, and sweet. I’ll nab the prequel the next time I have an Amazon order.
Princess and Minerva
Minerva, a feral calico cat, is buddies with Princess, a pampered Persian who visits when her family rents a beach house every summer. In the previous book (which I haven’t read) Princess is somehow accidentally left behind and learns to survive with Minerva’s help. In this one, Minerva is hit by a car and driven to a veterinary hospital, then given away to a woman who lives far from Minerva’s ocean-side home. Minerva escapes and evades various dangers and well-meaning attempted owners, on her quest to get back home and see Princess again.
Not a classic or anything, but nicely written, vivid, and sweet. I’ll nab the prequel the next time I have an Amazon order.
Princess and Minerva