Once in nine lives, somethingextraordinary happens...The last thing Gwen Cooperwanted was another cat. Shealready had two, not tomention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recentlybroken heart. Then Gwen’sveterinarian called with a storyabout a three-week-old eyelesskitten who’d been abandoned.It was love at first sight. Everyone warned that Homerwould always be an"underachiever," never asplayful or independent as othercats. But the kitten nobodybelieved in quickly grew into a three-pound dynamo, a tinydaredevil with a giant heartwho eagerly made friends withevery human who crossed hispath. Homer scaled seven-footbookcases with ease and leapt five feet into the air to catchflies in mid-buzz. He survivedbeing trapped alone for daysafter 9/11 in an apartment nearthe World Trade Center, andeven saved Gwen’s life when he chased off an intruder whobroke into their home in themiddle of the night.But it was Homer’s unswervingloyalty, his infinite capacity forlove, and his joy in the face of all obstacles that inspired Gwendaily and transformed her life.And by the time she met theman she would marry, sherealized Homer had taught herthe most important lesson of all: Love isn’t something you seewith your eyes.Homer’s Odyssey is the once-in-a-lifetime story of anextraordinary cat and hishuman companion. It celebrates the refusal to accept limits—onlove, ability, or hope againstoverwhelming odds. By turnsjubilant and moving, it’s amemoir for anybody who’s everfallen completely and helplessly in love with a pet.