Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan

About the Book

Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan is the delightful story of Mrs. Sullavan , cat of the poet Louis Untermeyer and his wife Bryna, who for twelve years, gave that particular kind of affection which animals and their owners find so mutually gratifying. It is a tale of encounters with butterflies, frogs, Robert Frost, New York apartments, a Connecticut home, Mrs. Sullavan’s amours with other animal members of the family. Cat lovers especially enjoy the pleasure of the warm relationship.

About the Author

Although Bryna Ivens Untermeyer has collaborated on more than a dozen volumes (for young people and adults) with her husband, Louis Untermeyer, Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan is the first book written by herself. As Byrna Ivens, she has had a long career in the magazine field. For five years she was executive editor for She, and for eleven years se was fiction (and sometimes feature) editor of Seventeen. For Seventeen she compiled three anthologies.