We'll Prescribe You a Cat

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A mysterious clinic appears to people at their lowest — and its prescription is always the same: a cat. Each patient receives a feline companion whose particular temperament matches the particular problem the patient can't solve alone. A lonely man gets a bold cat. A grieving woman gets a quiet one. The cats don't fix anything directly, but they create the conditions for healing by being exactly, stubbornly, unapologetically themselves. Ishida's bestselling novel is comfort fiction at its most specific — each chapter a self-contained story about a different patient and a different cat, written with the warmth and precision of someone who understands that animals help by being present, not by being magical. A novel about the oldest prescription in the world: when nothing else works, try a cat.