Product Description

The little cat Deric Longden saw sitting forlornly on an upturned bucket belonged to the neighbours, but somehow when it began to rain it seemed only natural to bring him inside. Once there he slipped so easily into Deric and Aileen's lives that there was an unspoken agreement that he had found his real home. Little did he know that he had entered the Longden world, in which the unexpected (almost) always happens...Aileen being Aileen, it was probably inevitable that sooner or later the kitten would be trapped in the refrigerator. And Deric being Deric, the obvious way to thaw him back to life was to make a little coat for him out of a shrunken thermal vest. Thus the cat who came in from the cold got his name - Thermal - and joined the wonderful cast of characters in the ongoing Longden saga.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6453 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

From the Back Cover
When Deric Longden saw Thermal the kitten sitting forlorn on a bucket in the rain it seemed only right to take him in.

Soon Thermal had captured the hearts of Deric and his wife Aileen and they couldn’t imagine life without him.It seemed only right that Thermal’s finicky eating habits should be indulged, and his strange and unstinting passions for a fax machine and a withered sultana adhered to and Deric himself wondered what he did before his comprehensive and often philosophical conversations with Thermal became such a valuable and important part of his day.

Told in Deric’s inimitable style, this is the charming story of how a little white cat wove his spell on a self-confessed dog lover and how the Longden’s family of furry felines grew and grew…

About the Author
Deric Longden began his writing and broadcasting career in the 1970s. His first book, Diana's Story, about the death of his first wife, was a bestseller. He followed this with Lost for Words, The Cat Who Came in from the Cold, I'm A Stranger Here Myself, Enough to Make a Cat Laugh and A Play on Words. His first two books were adapted for television under the title Wide-Eyed and Legless. Deric remarried in 1990, to the writer Aileen Armitage. They live in Huddersfield.

Customer Reviews

Buy this book!!!!!
I first found out about this book when I met someone reading it on a train - being a cat lover I was attracted by the cat on the cover. She told me all about the wonderful way of telling a story the author has, and how wonderful was the interaction between him and Thermal (the cat in the story - read it and you'll find out why he's called Thermal!) I immediately bought the book and have been wanting to thank the woman on the train ever since. This book is so funny and so heart warming you'll keep going back to it time and again, as I have. You'll cry with laughter and then some - this is one book you'll never regret buying. I have since gone on to collect more books by Deric but this is my favourite.

How does Deric do it?
I have been a big fan of Deric's for ages, this is the first book of his I read, and it prompted me to go out and buy all his others. Reading a Deric Longden book is like reading a long letter from an old friend. He has a skill in turning inanimate objects into stars (ie the one legged fairy, Ralph the Sultana) and of giving cats the respectful personality they so rightly deserve. He writes everything in all his books with such compassion and empathy that we see things from a sometimes unique prospective. Just look at Thermal's escapade with the sheepskin rug, and his reaction to something as simple as a dying moth in the garden. My favourite part is the Damson Wine escapade, I mean, someone must have moved the skirting board! Read and enjoy, but make sure you have a spare afternoon, because once you start, you won't put it down until it's finished.

The Cat that came in from the cold.
This has got to be the best book I have ever read and re-read and re-read and re-read and giggled and cried with laughter all at the same time! Unless you have read any of Deric Longdens other books you cannot appreciate what a wonderful writer he is. If only this book could be made into a tv series too, it would be brilliant! Take care!!! Not to be read in public unless you share the reason you're laughing and crying with your fellow humans!!!!! A must for cat lovers everywhere.