EAN: 9781472290717

THE YEAR OF THE CAT - RHIANNON LUCY COSSLETT GE...

'A brave process of healing and self reconstruction' Observer'Simply one of the best writers
working today. Here's to family  to glamour  and to love' Nell Frizzell  author of The Panic
YearsI looked around at my flat  at the woodchip wallpaper and scuffed furniture  and realised
that I did have a life after all. What it didn't have in it was a cat.When Rhiannon fell in
love with  and eventually married her flatmate  she imagined they might one day move on. But
this is London in the age of generation rent  and so they share their home with a succession of
friends and strangers while saving for a life less makeshift. The desire for a baby is never
far from the surface  but can she be sure that she will ever be free of the anxiety she has
experienced since an attack in the street one night? And after a childhood spent caring for her
autistic brother does she really want to devote herself to motherhood?Moving through the
seasons over the course of lockdown  The Year of the Cat nimbly charts the way a kitten called
Mackerel walked into Rhiannon's home and heart  and taught her to face down her fears and
appreciate quite how much love she had to offer.'A superbly written  special book' Olivia
Sudjic  author of Asylum Road'Beautifully captures that liminal period before any life-changing
decision' New Statesman

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