article_snippet.sent: When James Bowen wrote a heart-warming memoir about a stray cat rescuing James Bowen from homelessness and heroin addiction, a heart-warming memoir about a stray cat rescuing him from homelessness and heroin addiction became an overnight bestseller.
article_snippet.sent: And while James Bowen and A Street Cat stay in the social housing flat James Bowen was granted in 2010, the many homeless people James Bowen talks of helping remain desperate for a roof over the many homeless people he talks of helping heads.
article_snippet.sent: Born in Surrey, James Bowen was raised in Australia.
article_snippet.sent: James Bowen returned to England in 1997, becoming a heroin addict and sleeping rough for ten years.
article_snippet.sent: James Bowen said James Bowen life only changed when James Bowen found a stray cat on a doorstep in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: Bowen’s account of rescuing Bob, and in turn being rescued by the cat’s loyalty and trust, was published in 2012, spending two years in the UK Top 10 bestseller list.