The final, poignant chapter in a trilogy of bestselling true stories about a floppy-eared
Scottish Fold named Norton
Peter Gethers was a confirmed cat hater until the day
he received a six-week-old kitten as a gift. Walking the streets of New York with
Norton tucked into his pocket, Gethers began forming an intense attachment to his
new pet. Before long Norton was flying with his owner on the Concorde to Europe,
sipping milk in Parisian cafes, and eating custom-made pounce pizzas at Spago. Soon
Gethers began to detail Norton’s adventures in print, and with The Cat Who Went to
Paris and A Cat Abroad the duo made history as well as many, many friends around
the world.
The Cat Who’ll Live Forever chronicles the latest in Norton’s astonishing
adventures, celebrity encounters, and worldwide excursions, culminating in his heartwarming and
heartbreaking final cross-country trip. The first half of this book will have you
smiling and laughing as Norton changes the lives of the Italian owners of a thirteenth-century
abbey in Sicily, attends movie premiers with Sir Anthony Hopkins in the chic Hamptons,
and relaxes at the dog run in Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park. But as
Norton gets older his schedule slows down and he struggles with the aches and pains
and physical inconveniences that go along with age, teaching his human the essentials
of loving and caring and coping with illness. Ultimately Norton passes along to his
owner the most valuable lessons of all-how to deal with death and grief, how to live
life on your own terms, and how to appreciate and savor the joyful times that come
along while we’re here on earth.
The Cat Who’ll Live Forever is, on one level, a
touching meditation on love and relationships and dealing with the pain of inevitable
loss. Above all, it is a deeply moving and life-affirming tribute to a humble little
animal who never let stardom go to his head and always understood the meaning of
true friendship.
