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Freddy's Magic Garden

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A delightful, warm, and fuzzy book that tells of feline adventures and is brimming with utmost love and affection.

Freddy's Magic Garden by Angelina Dayan is a warm and fuzzy novella, perfect for the winter months. It contains stories filled with much love and affection for our furry friends. It is about friendship, guardianship, and hope. The book has been written with much tenderness and the feelings ooze out of the pages, instantly warming the heart.


With human and feline narrators, the storytelling is lively and can make for a good bedtime read for children. The cat portraits give faces to the names of frolicky balls of fur. A more vibrant portfolio of the cats in different settings around the house and garden would have made this into a vibrant coffee table book. The book is a testimony of how caring for fur babies, tugs at your heartstrings and can keep you up at night and days, in anxiety for their well-being. The commitment to care for another living being is not easy and must only be taken up if one is willing to go the extra mile.


The stories of the cats, as told in their voice, are engaging and humorous. You feel drawn into their world. From their experiences with the breeders to waiting for their human family, to antics and escapades, these cats have a full life of adventure. In Uddy's escapades, the author seems to be channeling Orwell's Animal Farm, including a visionary piglet. There is a reference to Elon Musk's feline alter ego, and it's hilarious - "What you need, Uddy is to go to Mars. But hurry up before that human gets ahead of you, that Mewlon Husk,” he advised. I would have loved more farm stories but it was a small part of the larger feline saga. 


This is a great book to understand the world of cats, particularly, Maine Coons. As it is with life, the cats face losses and challenges, but with love and care, they bounce back. With the largesse of the heart, even a small home can become a heaven for little bundles of joy. The cat family grows by leaps and bounds and there is much joy to be shared and observed. Freddy's Magic Garden is a perfect book for animal lovers and if you can not get enough of these stories, then like me, you can top it up with a 2022 Netflix film - Inside the mind of a cat.


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I am a technical writer and editor by profession and a creative writer in my free time. My poetry and fiction are published in various anthologies. I like to explore the world of words. I express my perspective on books, art, and life on my blog: https://www.bluepenstrokes.com

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Angelina Dayan is a marketing professional and writer. Her storytelling ability and love for cats created a unique and entertaining read that cat lovers and readers alike will enjoy. view profile

Published on September 22, 2022

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60000 words

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

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