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Copyright © 2024 by Syou Ishida
Translation copyright © 2024 by Emmie Madison Shimoda
First published in the United Kingdom, in 2024, by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld.
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Originally published in Japan as Neko Wo Shoho Itashimasu by PHP Institute, Inc., in 2023.
Publication rights for this English edition arranged through The Appleseed Agency Ltd., Japan.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Syou, Ishida, 1975- author. | Shimoda, E. Madison, translator.
Title: We’ll prescribe you a cat / Syou Ishida; translated from the Japanese by E. Madison Shimoda.
Other titles: Neko o shohō itashimasu. English | We will prescribe you a cat
Description: New York: Berkley, 2024.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024008204 (print) | LCCN 2024008205 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593818749 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593818756 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.
Classification: LCC PL880.4.Y68 N4513 2024 (print) | LCC PL880.4.Y68 (ebook) | DDC 895.63/6—dc23/eng/20240505
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024008204
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024008205
Ebook ISBN 9780593818756
Cover design and illustration by Adam Auerbach
Interior illustrations by Alissa Levy
Book design by Alison Cnockaert, adapted for ebook by Maggie Hunt
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Contents
Bee
Chapter 1: Bee
Margot
Chapter 2: Margot
Koyuki
Chapter 3: Koyuki
Tank and Tangerine
Chapter 4: Tank and Tangerine
Mimita
Chapter 5: Mimita, a Scottish Fold
