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Title: My Cat Spit McGee by Willie Morris ISBN: 0-375-70693-3 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (46 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Feline-Human Bonding Told With Southern Charm
Comment: Willie Morris grew up in a small Mississippi town where as a boy he was raised with and loved dogs. He never paid attention to cats; in fact he claims he couldn't stand them. This dislike of felines followed him throughout his adulthood. Never in his wildest dreams did he believe he would ever own a cat and certainly not fall in love with one! But then twenty years after his divorce from his first wife, he met JoAnne.
In love again for the first time in years, Willie proposed marriage to JoAnne who readily accepted. But then he learned that JoAnne wanted a kitten. Distressed, Willie momentarily contemplated canceling the wedding. However, their love was true and he grudgingly accepted that he would have to tolerate cats. Thus began Willie's journey with not only one cat, but also a houseful of cats with one in particular standing out. That cat was Spit McGee.
Subsequently the story chronicles how Spit McGee won Willie's heart. As their relationship developed, Willie found himself fascinated with how cats think, feel, and react. He eagerly sought out all the information he could find on felines. In the beginning he couldn't help but compare them to dogs. But as he became more educated both through formal learning and hands-on experience, he appreciated them for the unique qualities and characteristics only cats possess.
Mr. Morris is a fine example of how most "cat-haters" probably don't truly hate deep down inside. Rather they misunderstand cats and mistake this for dislike. Morris's writing is witty, honest, and fresh. He precisely captures Spit's personality through keen observation.
I do wish that Mr. Morris believed in spaying and neutering. I think that a responsible cat owner supports this and doesn't think that a cat "should have a chance to become a mother or father." There are too many unwanted pets in the world today. However, this is something that perhaps Willie Morris would have learned and embraced had he lived a bit longer and completed his "cat education." Nonetheless, there is no doubt that the love between Willie and Spit was true. Willie's final years were filled with great happiness and Spit was an important part of that. Shortly after writing this novel, Willie Morris died. This book is a grand tribute to both Willie Morris and his beloved cat Spit McGee.
Rating: 5
Summary: My Friend Willie....
Comment: I say that because after reading this book I feel like I've come to know both Willie and Spit, as well as a few of his other great characters. As the author said, his loving, personal sketch of Spit is really much more, a drawing together of so many meaningful threads in his own eventful life. His travels with the large white cat are his way of sharing his family and social history with his best friend, and its a time for remebering too. Perhaps the most poignant moment in the story is Willie's image of his, and for a longer period, Spit's, waiting for the return of their beloved companion Harper, who never comes back. Now Spit is waiting again, peering out the door for Willie. Yet maybe its like Willie promised, if ever he gets to heaven, he's going to find Skip and all those relatives who went before him waiting to welcome him. Someday Spit with be united with him again, Willie believed that and I want to believe it too, for Willie and Spit and for all of us. On the last page of the book, Willie is holding the big cat on his lap and says to him, "Spitty, I love you." We chould all do that more often with the ones we care most about...this is a book about a cat and a special friendship, its a book of laughter and tears, its a book for everybody. I'm lucky to have known Willie Morris for just a moment, for far too short a time.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful story and a gift for converted cat lovers
Comment: I just finished reading this book and I adored it. I have (in the past 2 years) welcomed two cats in to my life after having been a "dog person" since birth (we always had 3 at a time). Willie Morris' insights in to his cats' behaviour as well as the notions those of us who have never had a cat have are 100% on target. I can't imagine a person who would not find this easy read a wonderful slice of both dog vs. cat life but also of the South and the relationships we share with our pets.
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Title: My Dog Skip by Willie Morris ISBN: 0679767223 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: North Toward Home by Willie Morris ISBN: 0375724605 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood by Willie Morris ISBN: 0916242684 Publisher: Yoknapatawpha Pr Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Last of the Southern Girls (Voices of the South) by Willie Morris ISBN: 0807119563 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: New York Days by Willie Morris ISBN: 0316583987 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 02 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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