Talk & Signing with Author Wendy Welch

Join us for a talk by author Wendy Welch about her newest book Nine Lives at a Time: The Inside Story of an Appalachian Cat Rescue. You’ll get the chance to talk to the author afterwards, purchase books, and get them signed!

When bookstore owner Wendy Welch was swept into the world of cat rescue, she found friends and felines in unusual places. The rescue operation coalesced within a rural Appalachian county that faced challenges in financial support and substance misuse. A plucky band of volunteers founded a nonprofit by thinking outside the box—while scooping inside the boxes.

Appalachian Feline Friends associates soon found themselves learning to spell and treat coccidia; encountering members of the public who had great expectations; bottle-feeding orphaned infants; and figuring out how 300 cats per year could be spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and adopted. The antics and adventures of well-meaning, untrained do-gooders are by turns hilarious, heartbreaking,…