Cat Women Female Writers on Their Feline

Part diva, part purring furball, cats always keep you wondering. Are they happy to see you? Mad at the world? Cats are subtle little comics, rubbing against your legs when you'd forgotten they were in the room, purring in your ear in the middle of the night. What is it about these sly, droll, and unpredictable creatures that captivates us? And what's the deal with the whole crazy cat lady stereotype, anyway? From a tale about how rescuing a stray cat ended up saving a friendship to an unapologetic piece by a confirmed-and proud!-crazy cat lady, the essays in Cat Women range from thought-provoking and heartrending to laugh-out-loud funny, all delving into the many ways these often aloof little divas touch our lives.

Megan McMorris is a freelance writer based in Portland. The editor of Woman's Best Friend: Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives (Seal Press), author of Foghorn Outdoors Oregon Hiking, and coauthor of Foghorn Outdoors Pacific Northwest Hiking, she has contributed to such magazines as Self, Cooking Light, Runner's World, Woman's Day, and Fitness, among others.

Note from the Editor: We're Cat Ladies, So Sue Us	p. 7
The Cat That Got Away	p. 13
Admitting Maynard	p. 17
Hang with Scrappy T (and Other Rules of the Cat-Show Road)	p. 21
Making the Cat Laugh: One Woman's Journal of Single Life on the Margins	p. 33
Strutting the Catwalk: Seven Habits of One Sexy Beast	p. 37
Waiting for Fat Annie to Die. Not Really. Well, Sorta	p. 43
Life with an Indian Street Cat	p. 49
The Cat from Oz	p. 59
Call Me Crazy...My Life as a Cat Lady	p. 67
A Muse in Training	p. 85
Lessons Learned from a Blind Cat	p. 89
Hold Me! Touch Me! Love Me! (a.k.a. the Story of Sophie)	p. 95
The Neighborhood Watch Group	p. 105
Love Triangle	p. 111
Cat Call	p. 117
Home Free	p. 129
The Feline-Female Connection	p. 135
L.A. Gossip: Tall Tales of a Wild Cat in the City	p. 141
Saved by the Cat	p. 147
An Ode to the Murph Dawg	p. 157
Cat Trap Fever	p. 167
Country Cat vs. City Cat	p. 175
True Confessions: I Was a Reluctant Cat Owner	p. 183
Little Black Cat	p. 189
Planet Catnip: My Life with an Alien Cat	p. 197
Our Relationship Went to the Cats	p. 203
You Can't Change a Tiger's Stripes	p. 209
Kittens Think of Murder All Day	p. 213
On a Scale of One to Ten	p. 247
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