Experience the uplifting, "unforgettable" New York Times bestseller
about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over
a farming town and the world -- with over 2 million copies sold!
(Booklist)
Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. On the coldest night of
the year in Spencer, Iowa, at only a few weeks old--a critical age for
kittens--he was stuffed into the return book slot of the Spencer Public
Library. He was found the next morning by library director Vicki Myron,
a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast
cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the
hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten
feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next
nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his
enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth
sense about who needed him most.
As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state and finally,
amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a
source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming community slowly
working its way back from the greatest crisis in its long history.