This is the Cat

By (author): Berni Stapleton

This is the Cat is a deeply darkly humorous tale as shared by one Bridie Savage. Bridie is struggling to recover from a toothache of the heart “…always a Bridie, never a Bride…” when she loses her job. At a time when many of her friends are thinking about retiring Bridie finds herself trying to convince Walmart that they need a Playwright-in-Residence. Then her beloved Uncle Beeswax passes away and instead of finding money in the walls of his old homestead she finds she’s carted away a pack of ghosts, both figurative and literal. One of her cats needs expensive allergy shots from the vet “…the cat creeps in on little fog feet the little frigger, cats are the original false advertising…” and the normally docile neighborhood is suddenly very popular with the local hookers. A series of mysterious and disruptive e-mails begin to turn up and Bridie begins to wonder about her state of mind. This intricate story weaves by turns comedic, heart-warming and sometimes heart-breaking voices, telling the intriguing saga of one life gone askew and asks if being askew isn’t perhaps all right in the end. It examines the foibles and failures of memory and memories, throws comedic caution to the winds and makes the case that playing on-line Scrabble every morning helps to save the world.With “This is the Cat” Berni Stapleton embraces an intimate, humorous and provocative style evocative of the work that won her accolades for “They Let Down Baskets.” Creative Book Publishing released this award-winning book in 1998. It combined the photographs of Jamie Lewis, a CD of a radio documentary from Chris Brookes, and the revealing journals of Berni. This intricate story weaves by turns comedic, heart-warming and sometimes heart-breaking voices, telling the intriguing saga of one life gone askew and asks if being askew isn’t perhaps all right in the end.

AUTHOR

Berni Stapleton

Berni Stapleton is a Newfoundland- Labrador actor and playwright of unique distinction. She works to explore the inner lives of Newfoundlanders who find the extraordinary within the ordinary. She is a regular with Rising Tide’s Revue. She is a recent recipient of the Ambassador of Tourism award from Hospitality NL. She is a past recipient of the WANL award for best work in non-fiction for her book They Let Down Baskets. Her plays are produced across the province and she is as well known for her work as a comedienne as she is for her celebrated dramas. Her plays include The Widow’s Walk, The Double Axe Murders and The Pope and Princess Di. She works with play development and producing companies from across the country. She is a regular contributor to The Newfoundland Quarterly and has also been published in several anthologies and literary magazines. Berni works with the Arts Smarts initiative in our province, developing theatre for young people. She is committed to the creation of plays which illuminate the culture and heritage that is unique to Newfoundland and Labrador, and to presenting these living stories to a worldwide visiting audience. She is Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival.


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This is the Cat is a deeply darkly humorous tale as shared by one Bridie Savage. Bridie is struggling to recover from a toothache of the heart “…always a Bridie, never a Bride…” when she loses her job. At a time when many of her friends are thinking about retiring Bridie finds herself trying to convince Walmart that they need a Playwright-in-Residence. Then her beloved Uncle Beeswax passes away and instead of finding money in the walls of his old homestead she finds she’s carted away a pack of ghosts, both figurative and literal. One of her cats needs expensive allergy shots from the vet “…the cat creeps in on little fog feet the little frigger, cats are the original false advertising…” and the normally docile neighborhood is suddenly very popular with the local hookers. A series of mysterious and disruptive e-mails begin to turn up and Bridie begins to wonder about her state of mind. This intricate story weaves by turns comedic, heart-warming and sometimes heart-breaking voices, telling the intriguing saga of one life gone askew and asks if being askew isn’t perhaps all right in the end. It examines the foibles and failures of memory and memories, throws comedic caution to the winds and makes the case that playing on-line Scrabble every morning helps to save the world.With “This is the Cat” Berni Stapleton embraces an intimate, humorous and provocative style evocative of the work that won her accolades for “They Let Down Baskets.” Creative Book Publishing released this award-winning book in 1998. It combined the photographs of Jamie Lewis, a CD of a radio documentary from Chris Brookes, and the revealing journals of Berni. This intricate story weaves by turns comedic, heart-warming and sometimes heart-breaking voices, telling the intriguing saga of one life gone askew and asks if being askew isn’t perhaps all right in the end.

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Dimensions:

180 Pages
7in * 5in

Published:

May 20, 2015

ISBN:

9781771030601

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Humorous / General

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Language:

eng

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