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From the New York Times bestselling author of Cleo: A funny and moving account of a life-changing month as a foster motherto a homeless cat named Bono.
When Helen Brown arrived in New York for a much-anticipated visit, a fellow animal lover talked her into fostering a shelter cat. Helen visualized a sweet-natured cuddler who blinked and dozed a lot. What she got at Manhattans Bideawee shelter was a wide-eyed and unpredictable Persian with a punked-out haircut and a feisty attitude.
Bono had become homeless during Hurricane Sandy, had survived a serious infection, and needed daily medications. As a special needs cat, he was an unlikely candidate for adoption. But as affection between them grew, Helen resolved to see that Bono found his forever home. She didnt know that he would change her life in ways she never dreamed possible and teach her lessons she would cherish ever after. Just as this sweet, beleaguered, and hopeful guy deserved a fresh start, Helen too was ready for new beginnings. And so began a heartwarming, uplifting, lasting kind of love . . .
Praise for the works of Helen Brown
A buoyant tale, heartfelt and open. Booklist
An absolute must. Cat World
Brown gives inspiration with her witty, adventurous story. RT Book Reviews
Brown writes eloquently about women, daughters, and felines. Kirkus Reviews

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Praise for Helen Browns beloved bestseller CLEO Possibly the next Marley Me - photo 1
Praise for Helen Browns beloved bestseller CLEO
Possibly the next Marley & Me , Cleo by Helen Brown is an honest and unmawkish true story of ordinary people rebuilding their lives after a tragedy with the help of a kitten. Even non-cat-lovers will be moved.
Good Housekeeping

This is an absolute must-gift for yourself or a cat-loving friend.
Cat World

A buoyant tale, heartfelt and open.
Booklist

Helen Browns remarkable memoir threatened to break my heart, but she didnt break my heart at allshe opened it.
Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author

Lively and admirably unsentimental... a salutary reminder of the gratitude we humans owe to our companion animals.
Daily Mail

Helen Browns Cleo is not just a tender story about a cat and a family facing the world again after a family bereavement. Its also an epicgenuinely moving, funny, and ultimately uplifting. Dont be surprised to find yourself smiling through tears after reading it.
Witi Ihimaera, author of The Whale Rider
A LSO BY H ELEN B ROWN

Cleo

Cats & Daughters

Tumbledown Manor
B ONO
The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat Who Inspired a Community
H ELEN B ROWN
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CITADEL PRESS
Kensington Publishing Corp.
www.kensingtonbooks.com
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All copyrighted material within is Attributor Protected.
CITADEL PRESS BOOKS are published by

Kensington Publishing Corp.
119 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018
Copyright 2018 Helen Brown
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews.

CITADEL PRESS and the Citadel logo are Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM Off.
ISBN: 978-0-8065-3845-7
Library of Congress CIP data is available.

First electronic edition: June 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-3846-4
ISBN-10: 0-8065-3846-5
For Philip and my sister, Mary Dryden
Do not be afraid to love me.
If I break your heart, it will open again. And you will be
more alive.
Table of Contents

Chapter One
P LAID P AJAMAS
A cat must embrace every one of her nine lives.
T heres no law against flannelette pajamas as far as I know. This particular pair was dark green plaid, however, and identical to the ones Dad wore through his later years.
Not only that, they were out of season. We were sweltering through a particularly hot summer. Winter weight nightwear was the last thing he needed.
What do you think? Philip said, swaggering into the bedroom with the nonchalance of a seasoned fashion model.
I adjusted my head on the pillow so I could finish the crossword without the assistance of a neck brace.
How could I tell my beloved husband that, without realizing it, he was mutating into my father?
It didnt take Sherlock Holmes to work out what had happened. Philip had been wandering through a department store during one of his lunch breaks when some shop assistant sniffed him out as easy prey.
Blonde, 25, and with teeth that would have bankrupted her parents, shed have beckoned him over to stroke the fabric. Helpless as a terrier in front of a plate of fillet steak, he would have trotted through the underwear displays to her counter. She would have beamed up at him and stroked last winters flannelette with her manicured talons. He would have been mesmerized as she pointed out the white piping edging on the collar and flattered him into believing it was retro. Honestly, straight men should be banned from shopping alone.
My husband of twenty-two years is an exceptionally kind and tactful man. He has never once grumbled about the oversized T-shirts I wear to bed (100 percent cotton, the only type that breathes properly) or the accompanying beige granny pants (giant knickers finishing at the waistline are the worlds best kept secret).
A sensible woman would have rolled onto her side and completed the crossword (10 Down: Cooking fat (4)). But common sense has never been my forte. I had to open my mouth and say the new pajamas werent very exciting. In no way was I making fun of him. I was just talking the way people do once weve nudged past 50. The instant the words rolled off my tongue I regretted them. He had every right to retaliate with observations about the extra twenty pounds Id piled on while writing the last book, or point out that my idea of clothes storage is to toss them on the floor.
But he just smiled in that understated way that has always intrigued me. Be careful what you wish for, he said, lifting his side of the quilt and climbing in beside me. Excitement has a price.
The words hit me with the force of a cast iron wok landing on my head. Grateful as I was for our marriage, the wonders of modern medicine, our grown-up kids, and two beautiful granddaughters, in recent months Id fallen into a confusing state of restlessness. Our life together had begun to feel a little, well, ho-hum. Excitement may come at a price, but I was almost ready to pay it.
My life hadnt always seemed so dull. Nothing could surpass the ecstasy of gazing into the faces of my four children for the first time. On countless occasions, a burst of bliss had popped out unexpectedly from the dampness of a kittens nose, or the cool caress of grass under my feet. But the life Id once led as a journalist, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney, seemed a million moons ago. In those days, I could pick up a phone to hear some PR person begging me to do a one-on-one interview with Pavarotti or to take a trip to Alaska or Tahiti for the price of a few lines of travel writing.
These days, I was resorting to frankly desperate measures for a bit of excitement, and it wasnt workingfor me or anyone else. The purple streak Id persuaded the worlds longest suffering stylist, Brendan, to apply to my fringe had been a disaster. Though Philip and the family were too tactful to say anything, I was starting to realize the new red fishnet stockings were a joke. Every day was a duller replica of the last. On my morning walk to the shopping center, a once opalescent sky bore down like a steely battle helmet. The magpies that used to land at my feet had, with the careless freedom only birds can muster, fluttered off to some other neighborhood. Even the birds were bored with me.
A visit to the doctor was an option, but I knew shed reach for her prescription pad and tell me to exercise more. I had no intention of joining the army of medicated women with their fake smiles and dilated pupils concealing their shattered emotional states.
If Id been in a novel, I might have taken off to France to embark on an affair with a lavender farmer. But even if I could do that to Philip, what self-respecting lavender farmer would have me? Hed laugh at my schoolgirl French and hate me for scattering croissant crumbs over his bespoke stone floor.
Instead, to liven things up on one slow Sunday afternoon, I smashed a serving bowl. Ive never been a plate thrower. It landed with a satisfying wham at the same time I realized Id actually quite liked that bowl. It was white porcelain, German, with delicate wavy edges, probably irreplaceable. My old self would have chosen to break something cheap and dispensable, like one of Jonahs feeding dishes. But that nice woman, who would have been too dignified and aware of others feelings to throw anything heavier than a sock, had vanished. In her place had appeared a madwoman.
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