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    A Gift From Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas
    A Gift From Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas
    A Gift From Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas
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    A Gift From Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas

    Written by James Bowen

    Narrated by Kris Milnes

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    About this audiobook

    In this poignant new story, A Gift from Bob, James Bowen recalls the last Christmas he was to spend on the streets, busking and selling the Big Issue with his cat Bob. In 2010, the weather was as bleak as his prospects. Christmas had always been the time he dreaded. Now at least he had Bob by his side, but his health was poor, and he had no money for food or warmth. There was no choice but to venture out onto the frozen streets to earn enough to pay for his electricity and?with luck?to afford some small treats for Christmas as well. What James learned through this toughest of times was to give his new life with Bob?and Christmas?a meaning it had never had before.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 19, 2019
    ISBN9781980043126
    A Gift From Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas
    Author

    James Bowen

    James Bowen is an expert in strategy and organisational design and a performance consultant with over 15 years of advisory experience. Over the course of his career, James has worked with executive teams of blue-chip companies on a range of engagements with the achievement of step-change performance improvement as their common goal. James is also Managing Director of Kotinos Partners, which is a consultancy that focuses on helping CEOs and Leadership teams deliver sustained high performance.

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    • 5/5
      Love James, Bob, and Belle and wish there were more books to read about there lives. James shares his love of the simple joys in living and an appreciation of them. So wise.
    • 4/5
      Really good book. Stayed extremely engaged and read in a day. I woukd recomend however this wasnt my favorite book. Was a great story though!
    • 4/5
      True story of how a cat taught a man to love.
    • 4/5
      This was a wonderful story of Christmas spirit. I, of course, adore Bob, who shares a name with my kitty. I just wish my kitty was this nice. The story did not disappoint. The simplistic narrative looks back on James Bowen's prior Christmas experiences and why this was not one of his favorite holidays. It also shows how Bob helped James make friends who showed him what Christmas truly meant. A great, quick read for the holiday season.
    • 3/5
      Not even the hardest hearted will be able to resist Bob as he instructs his human in the placement and decoration of the Christmas tree. The lovely ginger tabby reminds James of the gift that is Christmas, and, more importantly, reminds him of what it is like to live with hope: "The fact that I could now appreciate and enjoy a Christmas like this was just one of the blessings Bob had bestowed upon me. It was part of the even greater gift he had given me, probably the most wonderful one I’d ever received. Bob had given me a new life, a new life that was full of happiness and hope. As he, Belle and I curled up on the sofa that cold December night, I made another promise. I was going to treasure that gift, not just this Christmas, but for as long as we remained together.”
    • 4/5
      When James adopts an abandoned cat, his life suddenly and drastically changes. From homeless drug addict to author, James has Bob to thank for his attitude adjustment. A great Christmas story for animal lovers.
    • 3/5
      Wie auch in den anderen Büchern dieser Reihe geht es um die wundersame Wendung, die James´ Leben durch Bob genommen hat.Diesmal dreht sich alles um Weihnachten. Bisher hatte des Fest für James keine positive Bedeutung. Durch Bob ändert sich das. Eine schöne Geschichte!
    • 5/5
      The newest chapter from the life of James and Bob. This short, Christmas themed book would have been easily a corny and cheesy one but somehow it isn't. Simply a heartwarming christmas story bout a healing drug addict and a cat whose lives ans fates became one.