And, finally, those paragons of feline virtue: Scarlett Cooper-Lerman, Vashti Cooper-Lerman, and Homer Cooper-Lerman. There are no words for the love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GWEN COOPER is the author of the novel Diary of a South Beach Party Girl. A Miami native, she spent five years working in nonprofit administration, marketing, and fundraising. She coordinated volunteer activities on behalf of organizations including Pet Rescue, the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, the Miami Rescue Mission, and His House Children’s Home, and she initiated Reading Pen Pals, an elementary-school-based literacy program in Miami’s Little Haiti. Gwen currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, Laurence. She also lives with her three perfect cats—Scarlett, Vashti, and Homer—who aren’t impressed with any of it.
www.gwencooper.com
Homer’s Odyssey is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed.
Copyright © 2009 by Gwen Cooper
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
DELACORTE PRESS is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cooper, Gwen. Homer’s odyssey: a fearless feline tale, or how I learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat / Gwen Cooper.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-440-33874-1
1. Blind cats—Biography. 2. Human-animal relationships. I. Title.
SF986.B56C66 2009
636.8092′2
2009017602
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