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Waiting for Gertrude
Waiting for Gertrude
Author: Bill Richardson
In Paris's Pere-Lachaise cemetery lie the bones of many renowned departed. It is also home to a large number of stray cats. Now, what if by some strange twist of fate, the souls of the famous were reborn in the cats with their personalities intact? There's Maria Callas, a wilful and imperious diva, wailing late into the night. Earthy, bawdy chan...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781550548921
ISBN-10: 1550548921
Publication Date: 10/2001
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Douglas McIntyre
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Silvercat avatar reviewed Waiting for Gertrude on
This is one book I absolutely could not get into!

Accepting the fact that I was reading a story about famous people being reincarnated as felines was an intriguing enough concept, but I hated seeing the raw mechanics of Richardson's writing style. It seemed he was trying too hard to be clever and it came off as an in-your-face, almost desperate to be accepted, confrontation.


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