The Cat That God Sent

by Jim Kraus

Overview

Jake Wilkerson, a disillusioned young pastor who is an expert at hiding his fears, takes on a new assignment at a small rural church in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It's a far piece from anywhere and full of curiously odd and eccentric people, including Emma Grainger, a single woman and a veterinarian who dismisses all Christians as "those people," and Tassy, a young runaway with a secret. His first day on the job, however, Jake is adopted by Petey - a cat of unknown origins and breed - but of great perception. Petey believes that he is on a mission from God to redeem Jake and bring him and his quirky friends back to the truth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682998342
Publisher:	Abingdon Fiction
Publication date:	04/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	396,966
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jim Kraus grew up in Western Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He attended the Paris-American Academy in 1971 and has spent the last twenty years as a vice-president of a major Christian publishing house. He has written more than 20 books and novels (many with his wife, Terri) including the best-selling The Dog That Talked to God (Abingdon Press, 2012). His book, The Silence, was named as one of the top five releases in 2004 by the Christian Book Review website. He is also an award-winning photographer. He and his wife and 14-year-old son live outside of Chicago with a sweet miniature schnauzer and an ill-tempered Siberian cat.

Editorial Reviews

Kraus (The Dog That Talked to God) gives equal time to felines in a tale of a minister who's lost his faith. Jake Wilkerson, the new pastor of a church in rural Pennsylvania, has a secret: he has deep doubts about God. Into his life saunters Petey, a stray cat with an internal sense of mission, who quickly makes himself at home in the parsonage. Also into Jake's life walks Tassy, a 19-year-old who has been abandoned on a Pennsylvania roadside by her boyfriend. And there's veterinarian Emma Grainger, who's got an overweight bulldog and a traumatic secret. All three get to learn something through Petey's presence. Nobody does quirky small-town churches like Philip Gulley, but Kraus is good. He's also good at depicting the internal dry spells of faith. While it's harder to believe that a cat will walk with its owner than to believe it is a sign from God, the suspension of disbelief is most enjoyable. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly