A Street Cat Named Bob Movie![]() ![]() A street cat named Bob . SUMMARYThe Instant New York Times Bestseller! With Bob, Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt. Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and. James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet. Bob is a stray cat looking for somewhere warm to sleep. When James and Bob meet, they forge a never- to- be- forgotten friendship that has been charming readers from Thailand to Turkey. A Street Cat Named Bob is an international sensation, landing on the bestseller list in England for 5. Now, James and Bob are ready to share their true story with the U. S. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London, barely making enough money to feed himself, and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn't resist helping the strikingly intelligent but very sick animal, whom he named Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining that he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas. Perfect for fans of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog and Dewey: The Small- Town Library Cat That Changed the World, this instant classic about the power of love between man and animal has taken the world by storm and is guaranteed to be a huge hit with American fans as well. Centre of Attentionp. One Man and His Catp. The Two Musketeersp. Making It Officialp. The Escape Artistp. Mistaken Identityp. Under the Weatherp. The Naughty Listp. Forty- eight Hoursp. The Stationmasterp. The Longest Nightp. Bob, The Big Issue Catp. Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode: Produced by: Adam Rolston: Written by: Tim John Maria Nation: Based on: A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen: Starring. Booklist Review*Starred Review* Books abound on the subject of how a dog or a cat can rehabilitate a person's life, but this account of such an event is stellar. Only a heart of stone will not be moved even to tears in bearing witness to the love of a London street musician for the gorgeous ginger tomcat he found one day in his apartment building hallway. The cat, soon called Bob, was injured, so Bowen took him in but planned to nurse him only for a short while. After all, so Bowen's reasoning went, he had very little surplus money to feed another mouth, and Bob, a man of the streets, would undoubtedly soon tire of domesticity and one day run away to hit the streets again. But that never happened. Bowen was a recovering addict and was himself recently just off the streets, and he soon established an intensely simpatico relationship with Bob. A Street Cat Named Bob BookHe fixed Bob up and fixed Bob and took him with him every day as he played guitar at the usual corner spots he'd claimed for himself. Bob became an instant attraction, and the result was increased income for Bowen as more money was tossed into his guitar case. This is a beautiful, never maudlin story of second chances for both man and beast and a poignant testimony to how much caring for someone or some feline can give you renewed direction when you're down and out. Understandably, this was a best- seller when first published in Great Britain.- -Hooper, Brad Copyright 2. Booklist. From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. His chance encounter with Bob in 2. The injured animal attached himself to Bowen, and quickly proved more than just an emotional asset; in the competitive world of busking, passersby began donating more money after Bob took up position next to Bowen's open guitar case. With Bob's friendship bolstering his spirits, and after a warning from the police, Bowen shifts to real work, selling the charity magazine Big Issue and getting off methadone. Despite the grimmer passages in the book- a run- in with a vicious dog, tension with fellow Big Issue vendors that lead to serious consequences- the book is positive on the whole. Bob becomes an Internet celebrity via You. ![]() Tube videos taken by passerby, and Bowen reconciles with his mother and returns home to Australia for a cathartic visit. Given Bowen's inherent decency, he might well have turned things around even without his feline friend, but he convincingly makes the case that Bob was the cat- alyst. Agent: Mary Pachnos, Aitken Alexander Associates.
All rights reserved.(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Library Journal Review. When recovering heroin addict and London street musician Bowen discovered an orange tomcat shivering in a dark hallway, he did what any animal lover would do. He took in the injured cat, nursed him back to health, and gave him a name- Bob. But what started as a kind gesture and a temporary arrangement became the seed of an unbreakable bond between human and feline. With stark honesty, Bowen tells the story of how Bob became his family, allowing the struggling busker to open his heart in ways he hadn't before. Bowen never expected to find his best friend- and, as it turns out, his salvation- in a street cat. VERDICT A heartwarming, insightful read about two lost souls who find each other, this book, a No. London Times best seller, is not to be missed for fans of Lisa J. Edwards's A Dog Named Boo and Gwen Cooper's Homer's Odyssey. An inspiring story of healing, redemption, and, perhaps most important, the transformative powers of friendship. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. The pair, now famous around the world, have been inseparable ever since. Bowen wrote the bestselling book, A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My Life in 2. As their book climbed bestseller lists in many countries and their fame skyrocketed, Bob began to receive hand- knitted scarves from all over the world. One such scarf can be seen on the cover of the paperback edition.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2016
Categories |