Nagi Shimeno

M. Jean

I’d like to think that a messenger cat brought the book to me, giving me a much-needed dose of comfort and positivity

Shanna Tan, translator of WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP

I’m so glad I picked up this short, heartwarming piece of Japanese literature. It’s cute, a little bittersweet, and surprisingly touching all at once

This book is so sweet. I loved all the little ways it reminds you to live, to love, and to stop regretting things that you cannot control or change

What an absolutely gorgeous read this was!

A delightful escape, proving that sometimes, the most important messages are delivered on four paws!

This book is so heartwarming… delightful!

Messenger Cat Cafe is exactly the kind of delightful escape we need right now, and such a charming, effervescent novel that even a dog person like me is recommending it to everyone I know

Lauren Grodstein, New York Times bestselling author of A DOG IN GEORGIA

Charming... skilfully balances the idealistic worldbuilding and lighthearted perspective of its cat narrator with emotional encounters and the bittersweet reality of life and death. Heartwarming without shying away from serious issues, Shimeno’s book is a welcome addition to the growing ranks of healing fiction

After a long and happy life with a loving human family, tabby cat Fuuta has passed into the afterlife. But he is not as far from his owner Michiru as it seems. Sometimes the divide between the lands of the living and the dead can be traversed. 
 
Eager to see Michiru again, Fuuta interviews for a position at Café Pont, which sits in the liminal space between the two worlds. The café is known for its unique service: its living customers can request meetings with the person they'd most like to see again, through the specially selected spirits of messenger cats. 
 
Fuuta must investigate and deliver his messages without unnerving the living, or worse, upsetting the balance of the universe itself. It is a weighty task for a tabby cat, but Fuuta rises to the challenge. After all, the job offers a special reward: he will get to see Michiru again. And he'll do anything to reunite with his family.

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Nagi Shimeno

Praise for Messenger Cat Café

I’d like to think that a messenger cat brought the book to me, giving me a much-needed dose of comfort and positivity

I’m so glad I picked up this short, heartwarming piece of Japanese literature. It’s cute, a little bittersweet, and surprisingly touching all at once

This book is so sweet. I loved all the little ways it reminds you to live, to love, and to stop regretting things that you cannot control or change

I’d like to think that a messenger cat brought the book to me, giving me a much-needed dose of comfort and positivity

I’m so glad I picked up this short, heartwarming piece of Japanese literature. It’s cute, a little bittersweet, and surprisingly touching all at once

This book is so sweet. I loved all the little ways it reminds you to live, to love, and to stop regretting things that you cannot control or change

I’d like to think that a messenger cat brought the book to me, giving me a much-needed dose of comfort and positivity

I’m so glad I picked up this short, heartwarming piece of Japanese literature. It’s cute, a little bittersweet, and surprisingly touching all at once

This book is so sweet. I loved all the little ways it reminds you to live, to love, and to stop regretting things that you cannot control or change

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