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Messenger Cat Café

ISBN 
9781787305441
Format 
Hardback
Recommended Price 
R395.00
Published 
April 2026
About the book: 
The heartwarming, magical Japanese bestseller about grief, love and a cat who will do anything to see his beloved owner again.
 
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.
About the 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.

Photo: © Yuki Matsuyama

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