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Written by Kathleen Dexter - Performed by Cindy Hollenberg - Unabridged Fiction - 6 CASSETTES - 9 hours

Publisher, Arania Books (June 1999)

A allegory of prejudice, intolerance, second chances, and the feline obsession with tuna.

"...Superbly narrated by Cindy Hollenberg, [this]...is a technically flawless...recording of engaging story, memorable characters, and...almost poetic prose." --Midwest Book Review

"...Kathleen Dexter weaves a timeless tale about the importance of remaining invested in humanity and of passing along one's gifts..." --California Seniors

Fifth Life of the Catwoman by Kathleen Dexter has received three national awards. The print version (Llano Press) was the overall winner in the Writer's Digest National Self Publishing Awards (fiction). The unabridged audiobook is a silver winner in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards (audiobooks) and one of three finalists in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (unabridged audio fiction).

The narrator, Cindy Hollenberg, has received high marks from The Boston Globe audiobook critic, Rochelle O'Gorman, as well as from AudioFile reviewers.

Fifth Life of the Catwoman is a beautifully written story which asks us to stretch our reality just a bit and converse with our familiars (cats in this instance), digging deep into ourselves by asking: What would I do differently in this life if I knew I had to jump -- nine times -- back into whatever mess I'm now creating in this lifetime? Fifth Life of the Catwoman is appropriate for teenagers as well as adults. In fact, it would make for some VERY interesting discussions in a high school history, literature, or sociology class!

About the Author: While majoring in education and minoring in music at the University of New Mexico, Kathleen Dexter worked as a ghostwriter and producer for a children's storytelling program on KUNM (Albuquerque), an affiliate of NPR. This eventually led her to found her own company, Zephyr Tapes and Books, which specializes in stories from the southwest. She worked for ten years in the "movie industry circus" on various film projects while completing her master's degree in psychology. She began writing fiction when one of her professors commented that "The real students of human nature aren't psychologists -- they're novelists."