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 | Buffy My Love: A Remembrance in Words and Photographs by Philip Dattilo | Reviewed by Amy Harlib | |
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| Publisher: Wordfarer Books, Ann Arbor, NY
http:// ISBN: 0-971-86685-6 Genre: non-fiction Subgenre: memoir/autobiography Release date: 2002 Format: hardcover Pages: 77 Price: $19.95 | |||
| Professional photographer Philip Dattilo reminisces in text and his own camera work about the very special eponymous cat that eventually became his beloved companion until the natural end of her 21 year-life span. Printed on quality glossy stock in a pleasing 8" square hardcover format, this small book of only 77 pages packs in volumes of heartfelt anecdotes, each page of narrative graced with one of the author's expert and beautiful black and white or full color photos.
Buffy My Love begins by recounting the story of the titular feline's early years, which Dattilo would later learn. In 1978, a tiny lost kitten, separated from her mother, was rescued by 6-year-old schoolgirl Tristana AKA Tana. She and Vanessa, her 4-year-old sister, and their parents took the little stray into their suburban home in America's heartland and raised her. Christened Buffy by her savior, the foundling lived and thrived, growing into adulthood - gorgeous, long-haired, white with tabby patches. When in 1984 Dattilo moved into the house next door, it wasn't long before the neighbor's affectionate, strikingly lovely cat caught his eye and won his heart, too. The author, soon became so friendly with Buffy's humans that the two households practically became co-caregivers until a combination of circumstances caused a significant change. Dattilo's relationship with his girlfriend, gradually growing more estranged, finally ended; and Tana's asthma worsened to such a degree that for health reasons, she could no longer keep a furry creature in her home. In 1988 Datillo adopted Buffy, who then became the photographer/writer's full-time companion, assuaging his loneliness in a joyous life together that would last until 1999. Dattilo recalls those years with warmth and passion, portraying Buffy's complex, beguiling, and quirky feline nature with perception and insight. Her beauty and sweet nature won the hearts of many clients and visitors and enhanced greatly Dattilo's quality of life. The author also effectively conveys the way Buffy's affection for him and vice versa had important spiritual meaning for him - God's all-encompassing love for creation embodied in the bond between man and cat and the resulting benefits. As above, so below - the large, writ small. When, the inevitable end came - how it happens and the way Dattilo describes how he copes will resound poignantly with and bring tears to the eyes of every reader blessed by the love for and of a furry friend. Here the prose waxes eloquently poetic, intensifying the vivid writing that characterizes the story from the beginning. Dattilo's words and his superb portraits of the truly exquisite Buffy represent a tribute that memorably serves to enshrine their special relationship in a way that will universally echo in the hearts of everyone fortunate enough to have experienced the joys, antics, and pains of cherishing the unique felines in their lives. Buffy My Love, a lovely book in every way - text, photos, and physical presentation - would be an esthetically pleasing, emotionally rewarding, and thus valuable addition to any cat lover's or animal lover's library. | |||
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