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    This is the Cat
    This is the Cat
    This is the Cat
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    This is the Cat

    By Berni Stapleton

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    Deeply darkly humourous, this is a whimsical tale as shared by one Bridie Savage. When a cat creeps in a little fog feet one must expect life to fall askew. Or is it when life falls apart that there is finally room for miracles and mayhem? Not just for cat lovers. But be warned. This book may lead the way to joy inducing hope for ridiculous magic.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBreakwater Books Ltd
    Release dateJun 15, 2015
    ISBN9781771030847
    This is the Cat
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    Berni Stapleton

    Berni Stapleton is a Newfoundland and Labrador writer and performer of unique distinction. She is a past recipiant of the WANL award for best work in non-fiction for her contribution to They Let Down Baskets. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Riddle Fence and The Newfoundland Quarterly. She is the recipiant of the Ambassador of Tourism Award from Hospitality NL. She lives as she writes, celebrating the extraordinary within the ordinary, beleiving that everyone should have a Playwright-in-Residence in the house. Just in case.

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