Caleb Carr has had special relationships with cats. Enter Masha, a Siberian Forest cat who had been abandoned as a kitten, and was languishing in a shelter when Caleb met her. She had hissed and fought off all previous carers and potential adopters, but somehow, she chose Caleb as her savior. For the seventeen years that followed, Caleb and Masha were inseparable. Caleb's life-long study of the literature of cat behaviour, and his years of experience with previous cats, helped him decode much of Masha's inner life. But their bond went far beyond academic studies and experience.
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