{"product_id":"9781529922813","title":"Mornings With My Cat Mii by Ginny Tapley Takemori","description":"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'\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55896446730613,"sku":"9781529922813","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529922813.jpg?v=1756978675","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529922813","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}