Unlike a certain Vice President, we think cat ladies (gender-neutral) rock. Particularly award-winning writer Rosemary Sullivan (Stalin’s Daughter), whose new book, Fierce Attachments: A Life with Cats, contemplates the quiet intelligence of our fluffy four-legged companions and the human-feline bond. She’ll talk to host and fellow cat lady Anne Collins about the cats in her life and the beautiful illustrations that accompany the text, created by her sister Colleen Sullivan.

And none other than Margaret Atwood has given Fierce Attachments a forceful recommendation: ”

“It’s charming, insightful, and—for cat lovers—pretty darn irresistible, but what exactly is it? Part autobiography, part love story, part In Memoriam to two cats, plus a bunch of stuff about cats and their extraordinary sensory perception powers and their reasons for doing what they do that I (cat person over many years) did not know. It should be a Point of Sale book in the stores, and you are not allowed to call that a POS for reasons that the younger generation will explain. What leads me to believe that this will be a hot ticket in the gift-giving department?”