{"product_id":"mornings-without-mii-9780374614782","title":"Mornings Without MII","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDIE BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Millions \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookBub \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great love story.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Sigrid Nunez, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I have never read a book quite like this. Profoundly real, specific, moving, and beautifully written.\" ―Elif Batuman, author of\u003ci\u003e Either\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMornings Without Mii \u003c\/i\u003eis a beloved Japanese modern classic: a deeply affecting story of solitude, independence, writing, grief, love, and life alongside a cat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry carried by the breeze off Tokyo's Tamagawa River. She follows the sound to the riverbank and finds a newborn kitten only the size of her palm dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii: so begins an ineffable bond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet, solitude, and a room of her own. Through it all, her cat, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the late Mayumi Inaba, a winner of the Kawabata Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, \u003ci\u003eMornings Without Mii \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a love letter to companionship: it's a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create, and to build a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4888241\"\u003eMayumi Inaba\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 5.11w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374614782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374614784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PET\"\u003ePets\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PET003000\"\u003eCats | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMayumi Inaba \u003c\/b\u003e(1950-2014) was a prizewinning novelist and poet. Her works include \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Staghorn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo the Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the Kawabata Yasunari Prize and the Tanizaki Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGinny Tapley Takemori \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated fiction by more than a dozen early-modern and contemporary Japanese writers. Her translation of Sayaka Murata's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman \u003c\/i\u003ewas one of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's best books of 2018, was Foyles Book of the Year 2018, and was short-listed for the Indies Choice Award and Best Translated Book Award.","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827326353547,"sku":"9780374614782","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_8891f82c-b5b4-4817-a804-ffb19809d7ad.jpg?v=1755529928","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/mornings-without-mii-9780374614782","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}