The Cats on Hutton Roof

'A colourful series that celebrates the many ways animals enrich our relationships and our lives' Karin Slaughter

Marilyn and husband Michael have known many happy years at Moon Cottage, with their cats Fannie, Titus and Pushkin. However, the time has come to make a dream come true, and for the family to move to beautiful Cumbria.

However, as all cat-lovers will know, the feline companions in our lives do not always share our dreams, and getting Fannie, Titus and Pushkin on board with the change will be its very own challenge. . .

Capturing the highs and the lows which come with living with cats, The Moon Cottage cat series is a testimony and a tribute to that unique and rewarding relationship which exists between humans and their feline companions in which cats, in their splendid complexity, remain among us, but not of us.

Fully illustrated throughout

Praise for the Moon Cottage cat series:

'My all-time favourite cat book' Jacqueline Wilson

'Cat lovers will adore this book . . . A tender story of love between the author and her cats' Celia Haddon

'All the many delights and a few of the heartaches of a life with cats are told with charm and wit. A vivid, honest, observant and involving book' Desmond Morris

“All the many delights and a few of the heartaches of a life with cats are told with charm and wit. A vivid, honest, observant and involving book-- Desmond Morris”

I admire this book even more than its predecessors . . . the observation and the empathy . . . are the most important things in attempts to interpret the animal world to the rest of us

Praise for The Cats of Moon Cottage:

My all-time favourite cat book

At once engaging an uplifting - a colourful chronicle that celebrates the many ways animals enrich our relationships and our lives

Cat lovers will adore this book . . . A tender story of love between the author and her cats

All the many delights and a few of the heartaches of a life with cats are told with charm and wit. A vivid, honest, observant and involving book

Marilyn Edwards was born in 1946 and lived her formative years in Yorkshire. She worked most of her life in the book trade, for publishers including Jonathan Cape, Allen & Unwin and Random House. After retiring from London publishing to a life of full-time writing, she moved with husband and fellow northerner Michael to a small village in Cumbria, where they lived with their four cats, Fannie, Titus, Pushkin and Gilly.

The Moon Cottage cat series was originally published by Hodder between 2003-2008, to great critical acclaim from cat lovers including Jacqueline Wilson, Karin Slaughter and Celia Haddon. Marilyn was also the author of fiction novels White Chin and Magnificat. More information on Marilyn and her work can be found on

'A colourful series that celebrates the many ways animals enrich our relationships and our lives ' Karin Slaughter Marilyn and husband Michael have known many happy years at Moon Cottage, with their cats Fannie, Titus and Pushkin. However, the time has come to make a dream come true, and for the family to move to beautiful Cumbria.However, as all cat-lovers will know, the feline companions in our lives do not always share our dreams, and getting Fannie, Titus and Pushkin on board with the change will be its very own challenge. . .Capturing the highs and the lows which come with living with cats, The Moon Cottage cat series is a testimony and a tribute to that unique and rewarding relationship which exists between humans and their feline companions in which cats, in their splendid complexity, remain among us, but not of us. Fully illustrated throughout Praise for the Moon Cottage cat series: 'My all-time favourite cat book' Jacqueline Wilson 'Cat lovers will adore this book . . . A tender story of love between the author and her cats' Celia Haddon 'All the many delights and a few of the heartaches of a life with cats are told with charm and wit. A vivid, honest, observant and involving book' Desmond Morris

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