Nagi Shimeno

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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

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

A gentle, tender story that quietly settles into your heart and stays there. Softly magical and deeply comforting, this book... explores grief, love, regret and healing with remarkable tenderness... Fuuta’s perspective is especially charming and heartfelt, filled with warmth, loyalty and a quiet wisdom that only comes from love freely given... A beautiful meditation on love that never truly ends

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

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Nagi Shimeno (Author) Nagi Shimeno is a writer and café owner based in Tokyo. She was a 1st Delicious Literature Award finalist and is the author of the Café Dodo and Messenger Cat series. M. Jean (Translator) M Jean is a graduate of University of California, Irvine with a bachelor’s degree in Japanese language and literature. She studied translation at International Christian University in Mitaka, Japan, where she was inspired to specialize in literature. Messenger Cat Café is the first novel to make her cry on the job (but it will not be the last).

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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

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

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