{"product_id":"my-beloved-monster-masha-the-half-wild-rescue-cat-who-rescued-me-9780316503600","title":"My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most brilliant feline portrait in literary history.\" -\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e(Book of the Week)\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist \u003c\/i\u003etells the extraordinary story of Masha, a half-wild rescue cat who fought off a bear, tackled Caleb like a linebacker--and bonded with him as tightly as any cat and human possibly can.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dares us to take a journey into love and pain . . . \u003ci\u003eMy Beloved Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story and a requiem.\" -\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Excellent...Worth the emotional investment, and the tissues you will need by the end, to spend time with a writer and cat duo as extraordinary as Masha and Carr.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eBook World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Caleb Carr has had special relationships with cats since he was a young boy in a turbulent household, famously peopled by the founding members of the Beat Generation, where his steadiest companions were the adopted cats that lived with him both in the city and the country. As an adult, he has had many close feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But only after building a three-story home in rural, upstate New York did he enter into the most extraordinary of all of his cat pairings: Masha, a Siberian Forest cat who had been abandoned as a kitten, and was languishing in a shelter when Caleb met her. She had hissed and fought off all previous carers and potential adopters, but somehow, she chose Caleb as her savior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the seventeen years that followed, Caleb and Masha were inseparable. Masha ruled the house and the extensive, dangerous surrounding fields and forests. When she was hurt, only Caleb could help her. When he suffered long-standing physical ailments, Masha knew what to do. Caleb's life-long study of the literature of cat behavior, and his years of experience with previous cats, helped him decode much of Masha's inner life. But their bond went far beyond academic studies and experience. The story of Caleb and Masha is an inspiring and life-affirming relationship for readers of all backgrounds and interests--a love story like no other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caleb Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.28w x 1.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316503600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaleb Carr\u003c\/b\u003e is an American novelist and military historian. He has worked at the Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Affairs Quarterly, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, and taught military history, including World Military History, the History of American Intelligence, and Insurgency\/Counterinsurgency, at Bard College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He was born in Manhattan, and for the majority of his life he lived on the Lower East Side of that city, spending his summers and many weekends at his family's home in Cherry Plain, New York. In 2000, he purchased his own property, known as Misery Mountain, in Cherry Plain; and in 2006 he moved there permanently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He was educated at St. Luke's School and Friends Seminary in New York, Kenyon College, and New York University, where he gained a degree in Military and Diplomatic History. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He is the author of eleven books, several of which, most notably the historical thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as his memoir, \u003ci\u003eMy Beloved Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, have become international best-sellers, and his work has been translated into over two dozen languages. His book, \u003ci\u003eThe Lessons of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, concerned one of his non-fiction areas of specialization, terrorism, and became a controversial yet standard volume in the literature of that subject. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has appeared before the House Joint Subcommittee on National Security, was a featured speaker at a closed-door Defense Department conference on the War on Terrorism, and made regular appearances on almost all television networks during the American invasion of Iraq. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Asked what fiction writers have influenced him the most, he includes Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipling, William Gibson, and Michael Crichton. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His non-fiction influences he cites as \"eclectic and too numerous to list.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Carr has also worked extensively in the theater, and in movies and television; in the latter capacity, he spent several years in Los Angeles; his last feature script attracted Liam Neeson, John Frankenheimer, and Vittorio Storaro to sign on; when Frankenheimer suddenly and tragically died, however, the project fell apart, and Carr returned to New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Carr passed away at his home in Cherry Plain, New York, in 2024.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43769251299443,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7c2e86fd-9e23-4635-b102-e5157dbf166d.jpg?v=1757073224","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/my-beloved-monster-masha-the-half-wild-rescue-cat-who-rescued-me-9780316503600","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}