Purr Prints of the Heart: A Cat's Tale of Life, Death, and Beyond [Paperback] Barnes, Deborah

About the Author Deborah Barnes resides in South Florida with her fiance andfeline family of eight - Zee, Zoey, Mia, Peanut, Rolz, Kizmet, Jazmine, andShadow. She is the author of the 3-time award-winning Makin' Biscuits -Weird Cat Habits and the Even Weirder Habits of the Humans Who Love Them,as well as Purr Prints of the Heart - A Cat's Tale of Life, Death, andBeyond, and The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey - A Journey of theExtraordinarily Ordinary. She is also the author and editor of the award-winning cat-related blog, Zee& Zoey's Cat Chronicles, and is the Immediate Past Presidentof the Cat Writers' Association. She was awarded 2013 "Writer of theYear" by Friskies Purina and is the Secretary of the nonprofit,Pawsitively Humane, Inc. of Miami, Florida. Her freelance work has beenfeatured in Cat Fancy magazine, Catster magazine, Kittens 101, Fear Free Pets,and the American Association of Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians. Product Description Deborah and her beloved cat Ragdoll cat, Mr. Jazz, spent a lifetime together. The bond they shared was special – he was her companion through the best and worst of it all. So when the inevitable happened – the realization he was dying at 15 years of age and she would have to face the painful and difficult decision of helping to let him go, their relationship changed, causing Deborah to learn some invaluable lessons from him about life, love, grieving, and letting go. Told by Mr. Jazz himself, an ordinary cat by his own admission, "Purr Prints of the Heart" is a touching meow-memoir that will strike a chord with anyone whose heart carries paw-prints of love as he shares the story of his life from kitten hood to his final days on earth in the physical sense. Cleverly written in cat likeness with incredible insight, candor, charm, wisdom, and humor, Mr. Jazz takes readers on a journey that is like a salve in book form to offer comfort to all who have had to deal with (or will have to deal with), the inevitable loss of a beloved pet. Replete with memorable moments of anticipation, outbursts of laughter, sighs of relief, sheer joy, and throes of grief, Mr. Jazz, carries a conversation with readers, putting them in real-life situations they can easily relate to and empathize with - from his days as a kitten that nobody wanted, to finally being adopted into a loving human and animal filled family that had its share of ups and downs, to his final months whereby his health was declining and he had to deal with things like frequent visits to the vet, being force fed food, resentment issues, litter issues, and the finality of coming to terms with the fact he was dying and needing to convince his beloved humans to let him go . The ending is a welcoming upturn, a refreshing reminder of the celebration of life and the indelible purr prints cats leave on our hearts and includes an invaluable “Coping With Pet Loss” section to help readers on all levels - emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and even physically to empower themselves with ways to positively honor the journey of the pet lost as well as ways to find the strength to heal and mend a broken heart.