SPRING/SUMMER 2012 - Tarcher/Penguin

Praise for Jackson Galaxy and My Cat from Hell
“Galaxy might not seem like a typical ‘cat person’—but who better
than a New Yorker inked with images of cats and his own set
of whiskers to mediate between a fussy feline and its guardian?”
—New York Post
“If you have a cat from hell, Jackson Galaxy may be the guy who
can get little Mittens to start acting normal.”
—aol news
Jackson Galaxy, aka “Cat Daddy” and star of Animal Planet’s
My Cat from Hell, isn’t what you might expect as far as
“cat experts” are concerned (as The New York Times recently
noted, he “looks like a Hells Angel”). Yet Galaxy’s ability to connect
with even the most troubled feline—not to mention the
stressed-out humans attempting to carve out some semblance
of sanity in the wake of its wrath—is truly astonishing.
In this book, Galaxy shares the unlikely story of how he came
to be known as “Cat Daddy,” focusing on his thirteen-year-long
relationship with an incredible cat named Benny. When Benny
arrived in his life, Galaxy was a down-and-out rock musician
with a drug problem and a part-time job at an animal shelter.
When Benny’s previous owner handed him to Galaxy in a cardboard
carrier, Benny had seen better days—his pelvis had just
been shattered by the wheels of a car—but the woman declared
that he’d been “un-bondable” from day one. Nothing could have
been further from the truth.
A poignant account of two broken beings who fixed each other,
Cat Daddy is laced throughout with Galaxy’s amazing “Cat Whisperer”
advice for understanding what cats need most from us
humans in order to live happier and healthier lives.
May
Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-58542-937-0
$24.95/$26.50 CAN
Animals/Pets/
How-To/Memoir
5 ½" x 8 ¼"
304 pages
u national publicity campaign
u 8-city author tour
u national radio satellite tour
u national print, online, and
TV advertising
u Trade advertising
u extensive online and social media
promotions
u mailing to cat owners and
veterinarian offices
u Tarcher Talks online video
u Whitebox mailing
u www.jacksongalaxy.com
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Other: Joy Tutela
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photo by Jill Delzer
JaCKsoN Galaxy, the star of Animal Planet’s
My Cat from Hell, has been called everything from a cat trainer
to a cat shrink. Drawing on his years of
experience working in cat shelters and
helping cat owners, Galaxy and his selfproclaimed
“off-the-wall” methods offer
people a deeper understanding of why
their cats act the way they do. Jackson
teaches classes to help deepen the
human-feline bond and maintains
a private feline consulting practice
in Los Angeles.
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