{"product_id":"messenger-cat-cafe","title":"Messenger Cat Café","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A much-needed dose of comfort and positivity.” —Shanna\nTan, translator of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTabby cat Fuuta has passed into the afterlife and will do anything to see his\nhuman again . . . if only he can not disrupt the balance of the universe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter a long life with a loving human family, tabby cat Fuuta has passed into\nthe afterlife, but he is not as far from his owner, Michiru, as it seems.\nSlight openings bridge the divide between the lands of the living and the dead,\nand they can be traversed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEager to see Michiru again, Fuuta interviews for a position at Café Pont, a\ncafé that exists in the liminal space between the two worlds, known for its\nunique message delivery service: Customers leave requests with the name of the\nperson they wish to meet, and a messenger cat is assigned to arrange the\n“meeting.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIf Fuuta doesn’t maintain plausible deniability, he could cause panic amongst\nthe living, or worse: He could upset the balance of the universe itself. It is\na weighty task for an old tabby cat, but Fuuta is up for the challenge. After\nall, the job offers a special reward: the right to see Michiru. And he’ll do\nanything to reunite with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNagi Shimeno \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and cafe owner, based\nin Tokyo. She was a 1st Delicious Literature Award finalist and is the author\nof the Café Dodo and Messenger Cat series.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eM. Jean\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of University of California, Irvine with a\nbachelor’s degree in Japanese Language and Literature. She studied translation\nat International Christian University in Mitaka, Japan, where she was inspired\nto specialize in literature. \u003ci\u003eMessenger Cat Café\u003c\/i\u003e is the first\nnovel to make her cry on the job (but it will not be the last).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44877638140111,"sku":"9798217048106","price":27.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_8ddbc2e7-13e6-4a2b-af73-d836bf8368ee.jpg?v=1772426589","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/messenger-cat-cafe","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}