This is an exciting tale of feline adventure told by the irrepressible Mrs. Moore. Now a dowager of thirty-one, she reflects on her days as a stowaway kitten born into a world of riggings, sails, and swaying hammocks aboard the schooner Estella Gomez as she cruised the straits of Florida in search of priceless Spanish limes in the year 1899. From her first wide-eyed weeks in a cargo hold to bold exploits on deck with her mother and four kitten siblings, Mrs. Moore recounts the pleasures and perils of life at sea. And brings to life the Estella's raucous crew, eccentric cook, brooding mate, and pet hen with a beak for trouble. But she'll never forget the night a terrible storm lashed the ship and Mrs. Moore and her sisters and brother washed up on the shore of a mysterious island. As seen through the observant eyes of its remarkable main character and memoirist, rich in the beauty and magic of the sea, The Lighthouse, the Cat, and the Sea is as compassionate, worldly, and wise as Mrs. Moore herself.
