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The Goodbye Cat

By: Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel - translator
Narrated by: George Blagden
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Brought to you by Penguin.

THE JAPANESE BESTSELLER

A PERFECT BOOK FOR CAT-LOVERS

Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives...

We meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way; a family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father; a woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night; and an elderly cat, Kota, hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever.

Bursting with empathy and love, THE GOODBYE CAT explores the unstoppable cycle of life as we see how the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down. A huge bestseller in Japan, every page is a joyous celebration of cats and how we cannot resist sharing our lives with them.

©2023 Hiro Arikawa (P)2023 Penguin Audio Animals Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Cats Celebration

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"Bewitching and comforting." (Telegraph)
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So heartwarming and beautifully written. My favourite story was the new dad with the kitten (this one didn't make me cry)

Had me in tears

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Well this one hit me like a tonne of bricks. There are so many sweet moments and sad moments. If you’re a cat lover, you have to give this a read!!

Be prepared to cry!!

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I enjoyed The Travelling Cat Chronicles, so was very pleased to read more from Hiro Arikawa.

Lovely to have more of this

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Sorry, this did nothing for me at all
and I know we are all different. Couldn’t get into the stories and based on this would not bother with the other books by the same author

Overhyped

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