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Gwen Cooper discusses Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat

Start: 10/06/2010 6:30 pm

End: 10/06/2010 8:00 pm

Gwen Cooper appears for her beloved book Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat

Time: Wednesday October 6, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Location: Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 913-384-3126 to order books in advance, 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.

10% of the proceeds from this event will go directly to Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary in North Carolina.

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 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.

Title: Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat , $15.00 Trade Paperback, ISBN 9780385343985, On Sale Date: September 7, 2010.
The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight.
Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever.” But the kitten nobody believed in quickly grew into a three-pound dynamo with a giant heart who eagerly made friends with every human who crossed his path. Homer scaled seven-foot bookcases with ease, survived being trapped alone for days after 9/11 in an apartment near the World Trade Center, and even saved Gwen’s life when he chased off an intruder who broke into their home in the middle of the night. But it was Homer’s unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love, and his joy in the face of all obstacles that transformed Gwen’s life. And by the time she met the man she would marry, she realized that Homer had taught her the most valuable lesson of all: Love isn’t something you see with your eyes..

What: Gwen Cooper will discuss her heartwarming book, and answer audience questions. A limited number of pre-autographed copies of Homer's Odyssey will be available for purchase from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event.

When: Wednesday October 6, 2010, 6:30 PM

Where: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at The Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

Admission Package: This event is open to the general public. Call 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.

All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.

Homer's Cat Food Drive!: Through October 6th, Rainy Day Books is collecting bags and cans of cat food to provide to local cat foster families. Drop your donations at Rainy Day Books, or bring them to our October 6th event. Because many foster cats require special diets, specific requests have been made for:

Baby food (meat)
Premium canned cat and kitten food
* Science Diet
* Iams
* Royal Canin
Premium dry cat and kitten food
* Science Diet
* Iams
* Royal Canin
Every can or bag does make an immediate difference for some lucky cat.

SPECIAL MATCHING CHALLENGE!: One of our supporters has pledged to match your food donations, pound for pound! If you're a cat lover, or know a cat lover, PLEASE forward details about our event onward.

Please welcome our new co-sponsor: We're happy to welcome Banfield, The Pet Hospital of Merriam: a locally owned and operated charter hospital run by Dr. Wendy Noll as a co-sponsor of this event. Dr. Noll and her staff are fully committed to providing the same high quality care we would want for ourselves, making pet healthcare affordable and administering programs that help the community and keep pets and families together. Banfield Charitable Trust has been reaching out to communities to help pets get the preventive care they need and much more.Their programs include:
Pet Peace of Mind - supports hospice patients who are unable to maintain routine Pet care.
Season of Suppers/WOLOP Grants - food donation, annual campaign helps fund programs that help Meals On Wheels recipients.
Pets Advocacy Grants - we support organizations all over the country.
Charity Bucks - help offset expenses when they are more than a family can afford.
BCT Wellness Plan - helps fund essential routine preventive care for pets.

Dr. Noll and her staff are also involved in local adoption agencies and have a Pet Adoption Rewards Program. The hospital donates free exams, discounts services, and sends the adoption agency vouchers to use in the hospital. When working together with adoption agencies they give pets a new home and a healthy, longer life! Banfield, The Pet Hospital of Merriam is located at 5810 Antioch Drive, Merriam, KS. Off I-35 and Johnson Drive just inside PetSmart next door to Hen House and Home Depot.

Dr. Noll and her staff have agreed to make a donation to Homer's Cat Food Drive!

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