01460nam a22001697a 4500 20241119082338.0 241119b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 978-0-593-81570-0 GSLRC FIC A699 go 2023 Arikawa, Hiro. 53927 The goodbye cat / Hiro Arikawa ; translated by Philip Gabriel. New York : Berkley , 2023. 278 pages ; 7.3 inches. Against the backdrop of changing seasons in Japan, we meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose playful nature and simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a popular holiday island show a young boy not to stand in nature’s way; a family is perplexed by their cat’s undying devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father; a woman curses how her cat will not stop visiting her at night; and an elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be in each other’s lives forever. Bursting with love and warmth, The Goodbye Cat exquisitely explores the cycle of life, from birth to death—as each of the seven stories explores how, in different ways, the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down. A huge bestseller in Japan, this magical book is a joyous celebration of the wondrousness of cats and why we choose to share our lives with them. ddc BK 96314 96314 0 3 ddc 0 0 FIC GSLRC GSLRC FIC 2024-11-19 1 FIC A699 go 2023 GS19814 2025-02-18 00:00:00 2025-02-18 1344.00 2024-11-19 BK