THE STORY OF FESTER CAT

A heartwarming, funny tearjerker in the tradition of Dewey: The Library Cat Who Changed the World and Marley & Me.

From the moment he first ambled into Paul Magrs’s yard – skinny, covered in flea bites, and missing all but one and a half teeth – Fester knew he’d found his family. Paul and his partner, Jeremy, thought it was the ragged stray cat, tired from a rough life on the streets, who was in desperate need of support.

But clever Fester knew better. He understood that it was his newfound owners who needed the help. Over the course of seven years, the feisty feline turned Paul’s quaint Manchester house into a loving home. Through his fierce spirit, strong will, and calming energy, Fester taught Paul and Jeremy how to listen and breathe, how to appreciate the joys of simply sitting and singing (what Fester’s purrs sounded like to his silly humans), and how to find joy and contentment in life, even when dealing with hardship. This is the true story of an extraordinary little cat whose charm and trusting soul turned two young men into a family.

Paul Magrs is the author of many books, written for all ages and in many different genres, but this is his first foray into memoir. He taught novel writing in the MA program in Creative Writing at UEA, and then at Manchester Metropolitan. He lives in Manchester, England with his partner, Jeremy.