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Vicki Myron

    1 janvier 1947

    S'inspirant d'un puits profond d'expérience humaine et d'une lecture exhaustive allant de George Orwell à la série Harry Potter, cet auteur élabore des récits qui explorent les aspects fondamentaux de la vie. Son œuvre aborde souvent des sujets difficiles, tels que la prise en charge d'enfants maltraités, avec une touche sensible et profonde. Les expériences ancrées dans la vie rurale et dans le cadre professionnel d'une bibliothèque publique ont façonné une perspective distinctive. Le résultat est une écriture qui offre aux lecteurs une exploration captivante et réfléchie de la condition humaine.

    Vicki Myron
    Dewey und seine Freunde
    Dewey
    Dewey. The small-town library-cat who touched the world
    Dewey: The True Story of a World-Famous Library Cat
    Dewey's Nine Lives
    Dewey
    • 2008

      Dewey

      • 346pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      3,9(55728)Évaluer

      How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa. Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next working 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 hem in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with this 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 town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.

      Dewey