Review: A nice memoir of a cat lover
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2012
When I saw the title, Six Cats in My Kitchen by Lyn Horner, I knew I had to read it because I've had six cats in my kitchen and at the moment, five.  Cat lovers always interest me in what they have to say about their experiences with their cats and families.  As another reviewer says, it is like sitting down at the kitchen table and having a chat with the author over a cup of coffee.Horner and her family have been through a lot.  Lyn took care of her mother until her mother's move back to Minnesota from Texas, where the Horner family lived at the time.  The family had to relocate due to Lyn's husband being offered a job, and while they were house-hunting, Lyn's mother died.  Woven in among the life stories that the author writes about are the stories of the cats they've had in their lives and how they affected life at the Horner house and also the stories of how they obtained their kitties.Nothing was easy for Lyn, being the mother of two children and a wife and caretaker for her cats, her mother's caretaker and eventually she cared for her elderly father.  She did all of this with a serious health problem of her own that caused her to have many falls.  She has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease which is a genetic neuropathic illness affecting nerves and muscles.  She speaks about everything in a cheerful way and the book is quite uplifting, especially with the cats' tales.Although I don't agree with all of the author's cat care practices, Lyn Horner has dedicated herself to caring for both her cats and her family members with love and devotion.  The pictures are a very nice addition to the text, although they are a bit hard to see because of their size on the Kindle.I enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone who likes memoirs and especially ones dealing with family pets.