Cat Tales The Meaning of Cats in Women's Lives

This celebration of the enduring relationship between a woman and her feline includes more than 80 stories, poems, and reflections by women from around the world. Writings from such American authors as Marge Piercy, Dahlia Levy, and Terry Wolverton shed light on the historical tradition of the cat goddess as well as real-life encounters with heroic and troublesome cats. A cat who walked through plaster on shore clomps on board a sailing ship for three weeks; a cat who protected a family travels 100 miles to find her owners; and the cats who survive 9/11 are among the felines profiled in this amusing and enjoyable collection.

Jan Fook is a professor of social work at La Trobe University–Bendigo and the author of Breakthroughs in Practice, The Reflective Researcher, and Transforming Social Work Practice. Susan Hawthorne is the coauthor of After Shock: September 11, 2001 and Wild Politics and the author of Bird, The Falling Woman, and The Spinifex Quiz Book. She is a research associate at Victoria University–Melbourne. Renate Klein is an associate professor of women's studies at Deakin University–Melbourne. She is the coauthor of Radically Speaking and Theories of Women's Studies and author of CyberFeminism, Infertility, Man-Made Women, Radical Voices, and Test Tube Women. Jan Fook and Renate Klein are also the editors of A Girl's Best Friend.