Not just by one person, but by hundreds, for years. By Bret Witter with Vicki Myron Why was Dewey written Because I was asked to write it. Dewey won hearts and proved to everyone he encountered that unconditional love comes in many forms. There was something magical about this lovable orange cat named Dewey Readmore Books and the small town library where he lived. Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly, steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer was to raise the spirits of a small, out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s.ĭewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, quickly grew into a strutting, adorable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches, and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships.Īs his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and people all over the world fell in love with him. Vicki was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm and an alcoholic, abusive husband. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo On the coldest morning of the year, Vicki Myron found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box of the library where she worked, and her life - and the town of Spencer, Iowa - would never be the same.
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