**YOUR NEXT PERFECT GIFT**Discover the fabulous new double volume hardback gifting edition
containing two bestsellers by Hiro Arikawa: The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat.
This edition includes extra sparkle and elegance with brand new front-cover illustrations
full-colour inside endpapers and sprayed edges'Bewitching... as self-possessed and comforting
as - well a cat' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'A book about kindness and love and how the smallest things
can provide happiness' STYLIST'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES___Set against the backdrop
of Japan's changing seasons and narrated with a rare gentleness and humour The Travelling Cat
Chronicles explores the wonder and thrill of life's unexpected detours. It is about the value
of friendship and solitude and knowing when to give and when to take. In The Goodbye Cat
seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives. Bursting with empathy and love it
explores the unstoppable cycle of life as we see how the steadiness and devotion of a
well-loved cat never lets us down. Both huge bestsellers in Japan at the heart of these books
is a powerful message about the importance of kindness. Every page is a joyous celebration of
cats and how we cannot resist sharing our lives with them. ___Readers adore THE TRAVELLING CAT
CHRONICLES and THE GOODBYE CAT:'Delightful insightful full of warmth with plenty of humour' 5
stars *****'Uplifting and heart wrenching in equal measure' 5 stars *****'It had me in floods
of tears yet filled me with hope too' 5 stars *****'Wonderful! These cats are charming and
truly come alive. The book is full of human - or rather cat kindness' *****'Irresistible. This
is the first time since The Travelling Cat Chronicles that I cried my eyes out over a book'
*****'I'm glad I didn't read it outside because I couldn't stop crying. Truly life-enhancing'
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