Book Bearings
Cover of A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

A Street Cat Named Bob

James Bowen

  • 235 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2012
  • 3 editions
Buy on Bookshop.orgView on Open Library

Bookshop.org links may earn us a commission. It supports independent bookstores and costs you nothing.

1 About this book

The moving, uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the ginger cat who adopts him and helps him heal his life.

  • Cats
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Biography
  • Musicians, biography
  • Great britain, biography
  • Anecdotes
  • Cat owners
  • Homeless persons

2 About James Bowen

Born 1979

James Anthony Bowen (born 15 March 1979) is an English author based in London. His memoirs, A Street Cat Named Bob, The World According to Bob and A Gift from Bob, written with Garry Jenkins, were international bestsellers. A film adaptation based on the first two books was released in 2016, followed by a sequel in 2020. Bowen now dedicates his time to supporting various charities concerned with homelessness, literacy and animal welfare.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

3 Similar books

Find a book that fits your moment