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Eric Selland, Takashi Hiraide: The Guest Cat (2014) 5 stars

This is such a quiet, nostalgic book. The cat is both the subject and background, the narrator finding her flirting in and out of his life, and each encounter a discovery, a reassurance, and a loss. Half way through the book, we anticipate their separation, but we know their union is only circumstantial, and every attempt to describe her in human terms always falls short.