How A Stray Cat Helped A Homeless Junkie Turn His Life Around

July 4, 2015

Homeless street performer James Bowen was helped in his struggle against addiction by the companionship of a stray cat. Now his books charting their friendship have propelled him into an elite publishing club.

Just a few years ago, Bowen was down and out, selling copies of The Big Issue, a magazine sold by homeless people, on rainy London streets, when his fortune changed forever...

(h/t) The Open Mind.

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