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 Galchen On 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. 'A great
love story...this memoir reveals the profound respect and compassion that a friendship with
an animal can inspire' Sigrid Nunez New Yorker Translated 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'
