'Welcome Home, Bernard Socks' available for pre-order!





WELCOME HOME, BERNARD SOCKS

By Paul Magrs

Published by Obverse Books, December 2015

The Official Sequel to 'The Story of Fester Cat.'


Fester Cat returns us to his favourite place in the world, and casts a wry but compassionate eye over events in the house on Chestnut Avenue. In the months following his death Fester watches his hapless housemates Paul and Jeremy cope with living in a quiet, catless house, and gradually come to the decision that they must adopt a new friend. It is at the eccentric cat rescue / charity shop THARG where they first meet the robust and sproingy young Bernard Socks – the black and white cat who is destined to inherit Fester’s place in their home and garden down beside the railway tracks.

But things are never simple and straightforward in this family, and there follow months of excitement, adventures and downright palavers. Bernard Socks escapes and discovers a ghostly cat parade that happens every Midsummer Night’s Eve in Levenshulme. He helps the boys through the sudden death of a close friend. He gradually settles into his new life on Chestnut Avenue and everything seems fine, as Autumn draws near.

But then the men from the roofing company arrive and set up scaffolding all over the terrace and pretty soon all the ceilings are falling in and it seems that the three boys’ precious home is never going to be the same again. By the end of the year everything feels as if it’s in jeopardy – even the health of Bernard Socks himself. But what can Fester Cat do to help, watching all of these disastrous events unfold? How can that tough little, much-missed companion still make his voice heard by the humans that he loves?

Some quotes from early readers:

“A lovely book, moving but unsentimental.” Lesley Cookman

You owe me some more mascara! I have cried, then laughed, then cried again…” Elaine Bateman

“Feels like a return visit to old friends: it’s just as vivid, warm and compulsively readable.” Roy Gill

“It's a simply lovely book, full of magic, whimsy and most of all: love.” Matthew Bright
This is the first time I've ever finished a book and felt like crying, although I definitely laughed along the way as well.” Townsend Shoulders

The Story of Fester Cat  has taken its place on the bookshelves (permanent collection!) of everyone who cherishes their connections with pets, lovers, music, books, and family. Now make room on the shelf for Welcome Home, Bernard Socks.”  Nina Sankovitch


Pre-order direct from - www.obversebooks.co.uk

(provisional cover.)







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