{"product_id":"cat-paperback-8","title":"Cat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Van Laer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRebecca van Laer and her partner purchase a home and move in with their senior cats, Toby and Gus. Their loved ones see this as a step toward an inevitable future-first comes the house, then a dog, then a child. But what if they are just \u003ci\u003ecat people\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving between memoir, philosophy, and pop culture, \u003ci\u003eCat \u003c\/i\u003eis a playful and tender meditation on cats and their people. Van Laer considers cats' role in her personal narrative, where they are mascots of laziness and lawlessness, and in cultural narratives, where they appear as feminine, anarchic, and maladapted, especially in comparison to dogs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the stereotype of the 'crazy cat lady' to the joy of cat memes to the grief of pet loss, van Laer demonstrates that the cat-person relationship is free of the discipline and dependence required by parenting (and dog-parenting), creating a less hierarchical intimacy that offers a different model for love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca van Laer is the author of a novella, \u003ci\u003eHow to Adjust to the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.5 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336806678777,"sku":"9798765114629","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/sArR_TNnWg9798765114629.webp?v=1769671264","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cat-paperback-8","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}