Homer Blind Wonder Cat

I first wrote that sentence almost exactly five years ago.

Homer blind wonder cat. 08 28 2013 02 17 pm et updated dec 06 2017 love isn t something you see with your eyes. Homer heroic blind wonder cat who inspired millions dies in new york at 16. Homer the blind wonder cat i m homer star of the new york times bestseller homer s odyssey. A fearless feline tale or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat written by gwen cooper.

Countless readers who have dealt with beloved pets serious health problems and or their deaths probably check my list of favorite books and you will see that gwen cooper s. Homer the blind cat who inspired a bestseller has died the 16 year old feline whose story inspired a new york times best selling book was euthanized after fighting illness for a year. But homer was no ordinary cat. The ninth life of a blind wonder cat is not a five star book yet it may have turned on my tear faucet more often than the longer better homer book.

Homer the blind wonder cat 1997 2013 was an eyeless cat who served as the inspiration for the 2009 new york times bestselling memoir homer s odyssey. The last thing gwen cooper wanted was another cat. He was a three week old abandoned eyeless kitten and gwen was unable to resist his charm. 879 258 likes 22 965 talking about this.

I suspect that my emotional response to this work is not unusual. It detailed cooper s life with an abandoned eyeless cat that she rescued when he was three weeks old and subsequently named homer. Little did we suspect but he would soon rank among the most famous cats in modern u s. A fearless feline tale or how i learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat.

It was part of the cover letter i sent to literary agents hoping one of them would agree to represent a book i d written a memoir called homer s odyssey about my. I m homer star of the new york times bestseller homer s odyssey. But back then baby homer was a mere half handful of a black foundling who arrived. It was love at first.