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The Three Kitties That Saved My Life Kindle Edition

by Michael Meyer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A true romance memoir. "This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day." When tragedy struck, I thought for sure that my own life was at an end. I was wrong. This is the true story of how two stray rescue cats and a woman named Kitty, whom I finally met after a wild ride of internet dating, brought love, romance, and laughter back into my life.

Love was then.
Love is now.
Love is forever.

WINNER of the 2018 Stephen Memorial Award
FINALIST for the 2014 RONE AWARD

If you love reading feel-good memoirs, then don't miss THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE, where "Mike Meyer pens a tender tale of love, loss, and renewal. The depth of emotion is palpable...The Three Kitties will tug at readers' heartstrings, as they ride through the emotional highs and lows of Mike Meyer's remarkable story." - InD'tale Magazine
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About the Author

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR writes mysteries, thrillers, and humorous fiction I have resided in and have visited many places in the world, all of which have contributed in some way to my own published writing. I have literally traveled throughout the world, on numerous occasions. I have lived in Finland, Germany, Thailand, Saudi Arabia (where COVERT DREAMS is set), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (where DEADLY EYES is set). I gained the wanderlust to see the world, to experience other cultures, at an early age, and this desire has never left me. If anything, it has only gained in intensity as I have aged. I try to travel internationally at least once a year. In the interim, I spend lots of time traveling around both my home state of California and other nearby states. I spent my early years in the small town of Lone Pine, California, the home of almost every western movie, in addition to a wide variety of other genres, made in the 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's. In fact, Hollywood still films parts of big-time movies there today. My dad, the town's lifeguard at the time, personally knew John Wayne, Lloyd Bridges, and Lee Marvin, all of whom came to the town's pool, the Memorial Plunge, at times to cool off after a hectic day of working in the sun. I was even an extra in a movie filmed there in 1957, MONOLITH MONSTERS, a B-cult favorite even today. I was ten years old at the time. Even though I resided in a small town hours from the big city, I was exposed to the excitement of action and heroes at a formative age, and, thus, my interest in writing novels of suspense such as COVERT DREAMS and DEADLY EYES was born. I am particularly proud of the fact that these two international suspense thrillers are rated #1 and #2 on the Goodreads Recommended Thriller/Suspense list. As a recent retiree from a forty-year career as a professor of writing, I now live in Southern California wine country with my wife, Kitty, and our two other cats. You can follow me at my Facebook writer's site: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMeyersWritingLife Be sure to check out my Pinterest writer's page: http://pinterest.com/temmike/# I thank you for your interest in my work. Mike

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CGND93E
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pacific Books (Jan. 10 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 259 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 137 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Michael Meyer is the author of mysteries, thrillers, humorous fiction, and non-fiction: Love and romance, laughter and tears, thrills and fears.

He has resided in and has visited many places in the world, all of which have contributed in some way to his own published writing. He has literally traveled throughout the world, on numerous occasions. He has lived in Finland, Germany, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He gained the wanderlust to see the world, to experience other cultures, at an early age, and this desire has never left him. If anything, it has only gained in intensity as he has aged.

Among the many unique things that have happened to him in his world travels, he has walked the streets of Istanbul with a detective, searching for a pickpocket who got him good. He has ridden on the back of a motorcycle in Tehran while the driver, who spoke not one word of English, pointed out all the sights to him. He has wrestled an Iranian soldier who tried to break into his hotel room in Tehran. He has had the paint completely stripped from his car as he drove across Saudi Arabia in a sandstorm. He has stood on the stage of a busy nightclub in Tokyo, singing "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes" to an audience feeling no pain from the Sake they were drinking. He has been chased by a family of mongooses (yes, that is the correct spelling) on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Croix. And that is just the beginning of his long list of worldly adventures.

As a recent retiree from a forty-year career as a professor of writing, he now lives in Southern California wine country with his wife, Kitty, and their two adorable rescue cats.

You can follow Mike at his Facebook writer's site: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMeyersWritingLife

Be sure to check out his Pinterest writer's page, which includes numerous audio readings, clips, and trailers of his books:

http://pinterest.com/temmike/#

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Anne Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars There is life when you fel there was none
Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2014
This story is still very heavy in and on my heart... a true story of love lost, and then a new love found.

Author Mike Myer has poured his heart and soul out for us as a reader to see that yes, in fact a tragic loss that has left you so devasated where you are so crippled with pain that you feel that there is truy nothing in life to replace the loss that, can infact turn into a place there is light at the end of that dark tunnel.

We all have at one time or another have gone through a soul destroying experience in our lives, but what makes this experience so very different is that Mike has put pen to paper, has written it all down and in turn created this amazing heart breaking novel. Not many of us will do that, sure we may write them down in a journal, or talk to close friends and family. But it takes ALOT to be able to put it in print for the world of readers to see, to experience, to learn from as Mike has done. And for that in it's self makes this novel stand out to me, where others haven't.

I cried pretty much all the way through as I was reading it, bringing back so many memories that have been locked inside my heart for so very long. I wish that I could have expressed what I was feeling as Author Mike Myer has done, it may have made things a bit easier to cope with. For that Mr. Myer, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the opportunity to read, feel, and go through the turmoil that you have.... to see that there is or could be good that comes from such great loss.

Many people can take alot from the way this story was told, turn around and apply it to the loss or loses that we have gone through, use this story as a coping tool. Help yourself in any way that you can.
I highly recommend this novel as a must read to everyone who may benifit from what is held inside the covers of this novel.

Recommend: YA and up
Rating: 5/5 angel stars
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Janice J. Richardson
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2018
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A terrible loss. Relentless grief and salvation in the form of a cat. A bit repetitive at times. All in all, a sweet story of a fur friend who gave his human a new lease on life
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Brandi Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars I Kinda Want A Cat Now ...
Reviewed in Canada on January 23, 2014
This book is touted as "a feel-good read," and it is. It's slightly heavy on the feel-good, and at times it may even cross the border into actual cheesiness, but it really is a remarkable story for anyone struggling with grief or the loss of a loved one.

Admittedly, this pleasantly short inspirational contains a few errors that slipped past proofreading, as mentioned in the lower-rated reviews posted to Amazon. However, I found myself so entwined in the emotion of the tale that I hardly noticed many errors at all as I was reading. There were places in the story where I caught myself frowning in sympathy, or laughing out loud. I'm not a cat person myself, but because I am an animal lover, I did relate to the amazing ability that a pet can have in repairing broken emotion.

I've never lost a spouse, but I have suffered a broken heart, and I have had people that I loved with all my heart disappear from my life. I have suffered the loss of a loved one, and I have experienced the pain of losing someone close to me to the darkness of death. I have experienced grief.

Perhaps because of those experiences, I was able to relate to this emotional story in a way that I didn't expect, and once I'd finished reading, I couldn't help recommending the story to a few other people that I know. I so love how this story traces the author's personal growth and healing after the loss of his first wife, crediting much of this growth to the loyal presence and unstoppable energy of a cat named Coco and his kitty brother, Pom Pom. But for me personally, the most healing touch with the most impact likely came from the third Kitty ... but I'll leave you to meet that darling within the book.
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F. J.
4.0 out of 5 stars Touching and uplifting
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2014
The author vividly describes what it is like to lose the love of your life. When not long afterwards his cat of 18 years passes away too, Mike is deeply hidden in the grieving process, which is so personal and solitary.

Ironically, a stray cat at his barber's makes him a reluctant pet owner again. Coco causes him to realize how much he actually craves human relationships and human touch. We join Mike as he struggles to find freedom to pursue a new love relationship while at the same time being true to his first love, Ciba.

"From Coco, I learned to care again. From Kitty, I learned to love again. From Pom Pom, I have
learned how to cope with my own demons (...) Pom Pom has taught me to accept what is and then to
move onward."

Mike has done a beautiful job in taking us on his journey, drawing the reader into the downs of grieving and the ups of picking up life, including pursuing ánd finding new love with Kitty. I particularly enjoyed how he made Coco come to life by expressing his kitty's thoughts and behavior. Despite the heavy and emotional subject, Mike's story leaves you with hope, and the knowledge that life can truly be more awesome than fiction!

How the third kitty fit into his life - well, read the novella for yourself :-)

WaAR
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A. Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in Australia on November 12, 2016
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I so glad that I read this lovely, touching book. It has helped me to understand what my father is going through after we lost my beautiful mum. Thank you for sharing your wonderful story!
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T. R. Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars A life-changer.
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2013
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We all suffer loss in our lives, yet few of us would bare our soul for all the world to see. Michael Meyer has done just that in this uplifting and cathartic book. There is no fluff, just honest and heartfelt emotion. In The Three Kitties, he relates the meeting and courtship of his first wife, and then the devastating loss he suffered after nineteen years of marriage. This tragic event just sets the stage for what's to come.

Mr. Meyer is honest in his exposure of his all his weaknesses and depression ... and how the introduction of an energetic kitten named Coco helped lead him back into the real world -- and just in time before his demons won out. I could go on about the other two kitties that came into his life to help save him, but I don't want to be a spoiler. Just be assured that this short book is a simple, quick read, full of emotion and love, and that it will be impossible for you not to be impressed. This story will touch you, and you'll be telling your friends about it long after you've finished.

Normally I don't read these kinds of books, but this one was exceptional. I read it in a few hours ... and it has left an impression. The Three Kitties will give you hope that there is life after loss. Please buy this book and absorb it into your own life's experience. It will make you a stronger person.
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Brigid P. Gallagher
4.0 out of 5 stars The author is enjoying a truly wonderful marriage to Ciba
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2018
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The author is enjoying a truly wonderful marriage to Ciba, when she is diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, and his world is shattered with her passing. He finds it difficult to overcome his grief until a little cat called Coco enters his life. They form an immediate bond that lifts him out of depression and opens him to the possibility of loving again. Kitty enters his life and he finds another soulmate. The third kitty called Pom Pom completes this little family.
I was immediately drawn into the story and as an animal lover, I was rooting for the author and his feline companions.
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Lilo Huhle-Poelzl
4.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015
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This well-written memoir starts out with the author losing his beloved wife to leukemia. His grief seems unsurmountable. Even though friends and relatives try to console him, he withdraws from the world, with only the companionship of his old cat. When the cat also dies, the author’s depression gets worse.

Then, when the healing process is ever so slow and there is still no light on the horizon, a stray kitten enters the author’s life. No, he doesn’t want it. Pets die. He has lost pets before. And now with the grief for his wife he still can’t deal with and the loss of the old cat, he really doesn’t want another living being to get attached to and, then, at some time, lose again. Yet he is the only chance for this poor kitten. If he doesn’t take it, it will go to the shelter, where it will end up euthanized. The author is a compassionate human being, and he loves animals, and—even though he doesn’t realize this yet—he needs this kitten as much as it needs him. You guessed right. He takes the kitten home. And what no grief counselor has been able to accomplish, the kitten does.

The kitten, named Coco, is so lively that his human rarely has any time left to be lost in gloomy thoughts. It probably takes a cat lover (which I am) to fully appreciate the descriptions of this little cat’s play and games. With all this enjoyable action, it doesn’t take long until the author finally has his life back. Well, not quite. As wonderful as the relationship is between man and cat, it is the love of a woman that the author still misses.

It has been a few years that his wife has been dead, so it is not too early to look for female, human companionship.

Few people ever find their soul mate. How are the chances to find a second soul mate when you have already found and lost one? Well, you can’t tell unless you try. So the author starts dating. It doesn’t go too well. Yet as you might guess from the book cover, the author finally falls in love again. And his new love’s name is Kitty. So here you have the second kitty. Now where is the third?

Coco is an extremely active kitten who doesn’t slow down when he reaches adulthood. Coco is also a strictly indoor cat. So even with lots of toys and the author and his new wife both cat lovers and willing to make their “little boy” happy, they find themselves unable to physically keep up with the overactive cat, whose favorite game it is to get chased up the stairs. Let’s not forget: The author and his new wife are no longer spring chickens; they are around age sixty. The only solution is a feline playmate for Coco. So here comes your third kitty.

I won’t tell you any more. If you like to read a very moving and eventually uplifting story about grief, love, and cats, this book is for you.

P.S. All main characters in this book, two-legged, three-legged, or four-legged, are not only likable but adorable. You’ll fall in love with them all.
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Francie Nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprised by Joy
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2014
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I have been miserable with a sinus infection for days (everything smells like burnt perfume) and really needed something to distract me in a wonderful way. This book was the answer. I really enjoyed it. First, I loved the honesty. I always identify with anyone who speaks honestly. Second, the writing was clear and engaging. Third, the story is universal -- loss and heartbreak. I can identify. And fourth, wonderful things happened again for the author as time went by. I loved that.

I almost cried the way Coco met Mr. Meyers' at the barber shop. I think Ciba, the author's deceased wife, guided the author or Coco or both to each other that day.

I got a big kick out of Michael Meyer's attempts dating on Match.com, etc. I know how that goes. I did the same sort of thing once upon a time and had similarly bizarre experiences.

And I was so happy when he met Kitty, not to mention Pom Pom.

This is a great story about the human condition. Horrible things happen all the time to wonderful people. But when it happens to you, it's staggering. You really question everything. But wonderful things can happen again if you don't give up. I'm so happy this author didn't.
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