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Living with Limpy

by Frank Cachia

A shared disability shapes an unusual companionship

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A shared disability shapes an unusual companionship

Living with Limpy centers on the bond between Frank Cachia and a budgerigar, linked by the fact that both live with damage to the left leg. Framed as a personal account of friendship across species, the book places a small companion bird at the heart of an adult’s everyday life. Cachia’s longstanding interest in budgerigars provides the context for this animal-focused memoir, while the shared physical condition gives the relationship its defining thread.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in personal stories about companion birds
  • Pet memoir readers
  • Adults drawn to accounts of human-animal friendship

Themes

Human-animal companionshipBudgerigarsDisabilityShared experiencePet keeping

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Book overview

The touching story of a friendship between a man and a budgerigar who both suffered from a damaged left leg. About the Author At age 15, Frank Cachia came to Australia from Malta. He fell in love with Australia and made it his own. He visited each state by motorbike, always returning to Victoria. Budgerigars, photography and motorcycling have always been his first love. He is the author of the 'History of the BMW Motorcycle Club of Victoria.'
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