Product Description

This is the ideal book for anyone who adores their cat, or as Liz Jones calls these small, demanding, understanding creatures, their 'fur baby'. "Fur Babies" captures something of the love and solace that Liz's own pussycats - Snoopy, Squeaky, Susie, Sweetie and now new baby Leonardo - have given her over the past 15 years. Funny, irreverent, quirky and eccentric, Liz chronicles her love affair with cats. She describes her personal relationship with her own cats - why she loves them so much, their different personalities, habits, likes and dislikes and also injects anecdotes from cat lovers she has met along the way. The book also includes essays, poems, homages, drawings and photographs that well-known people - including Ricky Gervais, Tracey Emin, Catherine Tate and Jilly Cooper - have donated to Liz for the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142176 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-05
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
Liz Jones began her career in journalism on Company magazine, before joining The Sunday Times, where she worked for 11 years. She became editor of Marie Claire in 1999, then worked as the features editor and chief interviewer of the London Evening Standard for four years. Her column about being single first appeared in The Sunday Times in 2000, and was followed by columns in The Guardian and The Mail on Sunday s You magazine. Her best-selling book about her relationships, Liz Jones s Diary, was published by Quadrille in September 2005. Liz, who is also Fashion Editor of The Daily Mail, lives in Islington with her five (now quite famous) cats.

Customer Reviews

Purrfect for cat lovers and their friends
I got this because of the contributors' stories about their cats and because of Celia Hammond. Catherine Tate's story is a bit squirm-inducing at the start but becomes funny - maybe a little like the lady herself, whose comedy I've come to enjoy. The cartoonist behind Garfield is another contributor so it isn't all about Liz Jones. The cats really are the stars in this book - the humans just retell their stories.

For cat lovers, obviously
It's a bit of a lavatory book to be honest! By that I mean it's the sort of book you dip into for a bit of a giggle or the occasional tear (there are pussy deaths in here) rather than read through in one gripping sitting. But if you like cats it is an entertaining and, at times, informative read. And it benefits Celia Hammond's work with feral cats. Liz Jones fans beware - if you are an avid reader of her columns you will have seen most of her contributions in one past form or another, but that's a minor gripe - with her menagerie to care for she can't be expected not to recycle old copy from time to time!

FUR BABIES
Loved the book. Liz Jones is mad about cats so if you are too this would be an excellent read.