Closing in and warming up. The new OZbooks essay from OZ focuses on 'rescued cats'! 'What the Rescued Cats Taught Me' released on Tuesday, April 28th.

Starts Publishing Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Michiji Sekine) will begin selling the new title from its book label "OZbooks" at bookstores nationwide starting Tuesday, April 28th.

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◆ Bibliographic Information ◆

Title: "What the Rescued Cats Taught Me" (Hiroto nekotachi ga oshiete kureta koto) Author: Yuki Kotori, Illustrator: Nekomaki (MUSE WORK) Price: 1,738 yen (Base price 1,580 yen + tax), ISBN: 978-4-8137-9611-4

[Synopsis] A moving story of tears and smiles between cats and owners, encountered through cat rescue activities by a notable novelist. The author is Yuki Kotori, a rising writer whose moving novel "The Memory Train to Heaven," featuring a cat as a key character, went into reprints, with its second volume released in February. This essay records 13 tear-filled stories of encounters and partings with cats through her own rescue work. "I thought I was saving the cats, but I realized they were always the ones saving me." Illustrations are provided by Nekomaki (MUSE WORK), author of comics such as "The Cat and the Old Man" and "Midnight 3 AM Black Cat Cafe."

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