MORNINGS WITH MY CAT MII

A beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime'Cat lovers prepare to weep' The Times'A cat classic' Catherine Lacey'Profoundly real... and beautifully written' Elif Batuman'Aglow with incidental joys' Rivka GalchenOn a cool summer evening in 1977 Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry. She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo’s Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence abandoned. Overcome by tender affection she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii: so begins an unshakeable bond. Over the next twenty years we follow Inaba a poet and novelist by moonlight as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own. Through it all Mii a fiercely independent creature in her own right is her confidante and muse. This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship: it’s a poignant searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect to create and to build a life. ‘Reveals the profound respect and compassion that a friendship with an animal can inspire’ Sigrid Nunez New YorkerTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori**Readers ADORE Mii**‘A lovely little gem’‘Gentle and enchanting and had me in floods by the end’‘Absolutely beautiful'‘Sweet and heartbreaking’‘Told with grace beauty and love’