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The Cat Sanctuary

By: Patrick Gale
Narrated by: Patrick Gale
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An entertaining, warm and quirky novel of families, secrets and the truth of love.

Judith shares her life with her partner, Joanna, on the lonely wilds of Bodmin Moor, far from the memories and trauma of her childhood. But when Judith's sister, Deborah, is tragically widowed, the women agree to meet. And what is intended to be a harmonious reunion turns into an entanglement of resentment, jealousy and desire as aspects of the past force themselves into an uneasy present, with some surprising results.

©1990 Patrick Gale (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction

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"A powerful and moving novel." (Independent on Sunday)

"Engrossing...Gale is a charmingly idiosyncratic writer who could not write a cliché if he tried." (Daily Telegraph)
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The book was very interesting and I enjoyed it immensely, couldn't put it down! Spent a fabulous few hours emerced in the book.

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really enjoyed this book. lovely pace to it, interesting characters brilliantly brought to life.

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the story and characters felt quite superficial. The story really dragged for most of the book but then as more started to happen, it rushed along and lacked depth and felt quite unsatisfying by the end

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