Through poetry, the author looks at the cat and analyzes its habits, grace and beauty, dignity and charm, guile and love. He includes his interpretations of the views cats have towards humans, as illogical masters, adored providers and even beings beneath their contempt.
Dust jacket notes: "The London charwoman's warm, tender, yet resolute nature, which enabled her to go to the elegant Dior salon in Paris, now drives her to America - to reunite a child with his GI father. This is the glowing story, as only Paul Gallico could tell it, of Mrs. 'Arris's roguish trip to New York...." A …
In postwar Paris, Mouche, a young woman who has lost her job with a carnival, is persuaded not to commit suicide by the cheerful puppets of Captain Coq, a gruff puppeteer