Sleeping with Cats: A Memoir
By Marge Piercy
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Marge Piercy, a writer who is highly praised as both a poet and a novelist, turns her gaze inward as she shares her thoughts on life and explores her development as a woman and writer. She pays tribute to the one loving constant that has offered her comfort and meaning even as the faces and events in her life have changed -- her beloved cats.
With searing honesty, Piercy tells of her strained childhood growing up in a religiously split, working-class family in Detroit. She examines her myriad friendships and relationships, including two painful early marriages, and reveals their effects on her creativity and career. More than a reminiscence of things past, however, Sleeping With Cats is also a celebration of the present and the future, as Piercy shares her views on aging, creativity, and finding a lasting and improbable love with a man fourteen years younger than herself.
A chronicle of the turbulent and exciting journey of one artist's life, Sleeping With Cats is a deeply intimate, unforgettable story.
Marge Piercy
<p>Marge Piercy is the author of the memoir Sleeping with Cats and fifteen novels, including <em>Three Women and Woman on the Edge of Time,</em> as well as sixteen books of poetry, including <em>Colors Passing Through Us, The Art of Blessing the Day,</em> and <em>Circles on the Water.</em> She lives on Cape Cod, with her husband, Ira Wood, the novelist and publisher of Leapfrog Press.</p>
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Reviews for Sleeping with Cats
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5really great piece about a very interesting woman - enjoyed a lot!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piercy's characterization of her cats is wonderful! Her life experiences are so different from my own, and she tells her history with the acknowledgement of memory's fallibility and an interesting admittance of her own faults. I wish she had talked more about her works of poetry and fiction and how they fit into her life.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hell of a life! I cried when cats died. Amazing experiences.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piercy has crafted a well written memoir that is political, feminine, literary, but most importantly human and universally touching, with her feline companions at the center of it all. A brilliant recollection by a gifted writer.