{"type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL13522735A"}, {"key": "/authors/OL13632197A"}], "number_of_pages": 336, "physical_format": "hardcover", "publish_date": "2024-09-03", "publishers": ["Berkley"], "source_records": ["amazon:0593818741", "bwb:9780593818749"], "title": "We'll Prescribe You a Cat", "full_title": "We'll Prescribe You a Cat", "covers": [14597628], "works": [{"key": "/works/OL37920099W"}], "key": "/books/OL51303240M", "identifiers": {"goodreads": ["209891170"], "librarything": ["32095212"], "storygraph": ["19564073-0cec-40e6-af26-321361d0e679"], "amazon": ["0593818741"]}, "isbn_10": ["0593818741"], "isbn_13": ["9780593818749"], "lc_classifications": ["PL880.Y68 N4513"], "dewey_decimal_class": ["895.63"], "subtitle": "A novel", "contributors": [{"role": "Translator", "name": "Emmie Madison Shimoda"}], "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "translation_of": "\u732b\u3092\u51e6\u65b9\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002", "translated_from": [{"key": "/languages/jpn"}], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "A cat a day keeps the doctor away\u2026.\r\n\r\nDiscover this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats in the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation.\r\n\r\nTucked away on the fifth floor of an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Nakagy\u014d Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can be found only by people who are struggling in their lives and who genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there: it prescribes cats as medication. Patients are often puzzled by this unconventional prescription, but when they \u201ctake\u201d their cat for the recommended duration, they witness profound transformations in their lives, guided by the playful, empathetic, and occasionally challenging yet endearing cats.\r\n\r\nThroughout these pages, the power of the human-animal bond is revealed as a disheartened businessman finds unexpected joy in physical labor, a middle-aged man struggles to stay relevant at work and home, a young girl navigates the complexities of elementary school cliques, a hardened handbag designer seeks emotional balance, and a geisha learns to move on from the memory of her lost cat. As the clinic\u2019s patients grapple with their inner turmoil and seek resolution, their feline companions lead them toward healing, self-discovery, and newfound hope."}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-03-15T15:49:10.196069"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-04-09T22:40:52.333901"}}