Win the book ‘Purr Therapy’ by Kathy McCoy

In “Purr Therapy: What Timmy and Marina Taught Me About Life, Love and Loss” (HCI, $13.95), psychotherapist Dr. Kathy McCoy shows how two special cats became therapy cats who helped heal wounded souls and also taught her lessons about joyful living and compassion.

The book explains how animal-assisted psychotherapy works and gives a look at how kitties Timmy and Marina worked with patients. We feel we must warn you: this is a tearjerker.

If you’d like to win our copy of “Purr Therapy,” send an email to giveaway@newsobserver.com by midnight Tuesday (Jan. 19) and include your mailing address. Please put “Purr” in the subject line of your email to be included in the random drawing.

Brooke Cain

This story was originally published January 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Win the book ‘Purr Therapy’ by Kathy McCoy."