{"id":5702,"date":"2010-01-28T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2010-01-27T11:19:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T17:19:28","slug":"a-feel-good-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/a-feel-good-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8220;Feel Good&#8221; Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2222975\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/The-Go-Between.jpg?resize=190%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re looking for book that will just plain make you feel good, look no further. I&#8217;ve just discovered Joyce Stranger, a prolific English author who writes\u00a0novels about animals. That may sound horribly middle-brow and non-literary, but <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2222975\" target=\"_blank\">The Go-Between<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is surprisingly engaging and unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>The book focusses\u00a0on Flyer,\u00a0a Siamese kitten who loves people. He\u00a0begins life with one family and ends up with a completely different, though equally loving, owner. Through the force of his personality, determination and will to survive , he influences everyone he meets. He also acts as a catalyst &#8211; bringing together neighbors who\u00a0 create\u00a0a new sense of community.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever need a recommendation for someone who wants\u00a0 a good story, with a little romance, and is completely G-rated, here you go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for book that will just plain make you feel good, look no further. I&#8217;ve just discovered Joyce Stranger, a prolific English author who writes\u00a0novels about animals. That may sound horribly middle-brow and non-literary, but The Go-Between is surprisingly engaging and unpredictable. The book focusses\u00a0on Flyer,\u00a0a Siamese kitten<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/a-feel-good-novel\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[1037,138,898,343],"class_list":["post-5702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-animal-companions","tag-cats","tag-felines","tag-pets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1tY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5702"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5713,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions\/5713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}