Reviews for Dear Suzie

The average rating for Dear Suzie based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-06 00:00:00 Derrick Southward Christopher Wren was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times for many years. He worked in Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Johannesburg, and Ottawa. And for eighteen years, he and his family shared their travels to far-flung homes with a cat named Henrietta. (Officially, Henrietta Meow Meow Pussycat Wren, named by the children who were age six and nearly three when she first arrived.) This is her story, and it was delightful. She joined the family when a colleague needed to give away some unexpected kittens, and offered a bonus with each one. It was the bonus that caught Wren's attention: The cat arrived with a bottle of Scotch. She was just a tiny thing, but naturally quickly became a part of the family and when Wren received his coveted overseas posting, there was no doubt at all (at least for the children) what would happen with Henrietta. Of course she would go too, and she did. And adapted herself to the wandering life extremely well, I might add. Four years in Moscow, then stretches in Cairo (where she had a dangerous adventure practically the first day!) and around the world from there. The cat's presence smoothed some situations and made others somewhat goofy (imagine carrying a huge bag of cat litter to China!) and through it all the family loved her and made sure she was healthy and happy. It is a funny book, with plenty of bits of general cat trivia from each country woven throughout. I enjoyed it and I think any cat-lover would also.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-25 00:00:00 Mike Calhoun This was a fun read for cat lovers. However, as a fellow traveler, I wanted more of a sense of the place being explored.