The Special Relationship: A Street Cat Named Bob

Posted: March 20, 2012 | Author: crimeficreader

Here we are.

I was very excited to read of a development last week, a development that can only be described as particularly heart warming. About a year after I’d been in the area, via twitter I heard of a Big Issue seller outside Angel tube station who had a cat with him. (How could I have missed them that year before?) Then nothing else until last week. But last week saw a special event, a tribute to a very special relationship. James Bowen, a recovering heroin addict, met Bob the ginger tom. Bob needed a little help with his health and James kindly attended, with love and care. They became inseparable.

No need to be shy of cameras and flashing lights.

Then along came literary agent Mary Pachnos of Aitken Alexander, at the tube station. She chatted with James and learned of their story. James then wrote their story with the help of Garry Jenkins. Hodder & Stoughton have published it. And last week, on James’s 33rd birthday A Street Cat Named Bob was launched at the Waterstones branch closest to Angel tube station, Islington Green. People were queuing out the door and around the corner. Look at the pictures to see the evidence of that special relationship. And a rather special cat as it happens.

I can’t wait to read this. It’s a story of life can change.
Read the full story at It's a crime! (Or a mystery…)

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