{"product_id":"mornings-without-mii","title":"Mornings Without Mii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, a Most Anticipated Book of the Winter by \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, and a Best Book of the Month by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e?I have never read a book quite like this . . . Profoundly real, specific, moving, and beautifully written.? ?Elif Batuman, author of\u003ci\u003e Either\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beloved Japanese modern classic: a meditation on solitude, independence, writing, and life alongside a cat.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry carried by the breeze off Tokyo?s Tamagawa River. She follows the sound to the riverbank and finds a newborn kitten only the size of her palm 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 ineffable bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 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, her cat, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the late Mayumi Inaba, a winner of the Kawabata Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, \u003ci\u003eMornings Without Mii \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466555695477,"sku":"9780374614782","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780374614782.jpg?v=1785654613","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/mornings-without-mii","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}