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The Cats Locked Me in the Well House is a delightful frisk through memories involving cats. Readers will learn how I escaped from the well house and will learn the three Feline Household Commandments (housecats only get three, not ten). Many other questions will be answered. What happens when a cat and a human hunter both claim rights to the same prey? Why did everyone at church one morning think I had a new truck? What really was on top of the grain container in the dark instead of Chiaroscuro? What are the rules of Barn Cat Slalom? Readers will learn about an abused cat who found safety and shelter off the city streets, a cat with a truly Shakespearean personality, a cat who is a scientist, a cat who climbs trees on command, and the ultimate cat. They will meet Cat Lady, the home aide client who had sixteen cats and then died, leaving me her pride. Full of humor with some gentle faith points scattered along the way, this book is a purrfect treat for any lover of cats. Ten percent of my earnings from this book will be donated to Eden Animal Haven in Brighton, Missouri. Deborah P. Hall lives in Missouri on her project farm, surrounded by animals, books, and music. She graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in English. She is heavily involved in the music program at her church and in a community chorale and volunteers at the library. She has published poems and articles, and this is her third full-length book.

"Her life was a song." Thus did Mom''s obituary sum her up. Seventeen years before her death, however, that song began to change, shifting into darker and eventually agitated tones. Still, up until the end, it never ceased. Here is the full course of her illness: Initial subtle changes, increasing memory loss, paranoia, agitation, delusions, and frustrated helplessness but also faith, humor, and "diamonds," those occasional bright and beautiful moments glittering amidst the coal. Ultimately, it is a story of peace and release, as well as the renewed discovery that, "In the darkest valley, there is music for that. In the longest night, there still is music for that." Deborah P. Hall lives in southwest Missouri on the farm that she and her mother both loved, surrounded by music, books, horses, and abundant cats. She is heavily involved in church and musical activities and volunteers at the library. This is her second published full-length book.