'Strange, playful and intimate . . . I didn't want it to end'
LUCY ROSE, author of The Lamb
'Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged. I lapped it up'
KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, author of Almost Life
'A spellbinding story . . . it will play on your mind for days'
ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of The Three of Us
'A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching girl-meets-cat love story'
GINA CHUNG, author of Sea Change
A magnetic novel about a young woman who falls in love with her boyfriend's cat.
Katie hasn't spoken to her mother in a year when her boyfriend James introduces her to his cat Silver. A small, vulnerable, incorrigible ball of need, Silver's acceptance of Katie cracks open something inside of her: an unravelling begins.
Fresh out of college and far from home, Katie is desperate to skirt the demands of adult life - especially because, as she promised her mother, the plan was to never grow up in the first place. Luckily, she has James: self-assured, generous, and seemingly happy to make decisions for them both.
When they go on holiday to James's family's seaside home, Katie's attachment to Silver grows. Silver doesn't mind that Katie can't seem to get a job, hold her own at dinner parties, or make amends with her mother. Silver, who gets to misbehave spectacularly, be childish, be gross, and still get fed, seems to have the life Katie increasingly longs for. But as their bond intensifies, Katie's other relationships reach tipping points. Soon, Katie must come to terms with what she really wants, and what she might have to risk to get it.
Delicately playful and unexpectedly heartfelt, Kitten is a sensitive reckoning with the allure of helplessness and the uncertainty of becoming yourself in a world that is as disorienting as it is full of hope and connection.
Genre: Literary Fiction
LUCY ROSE, author of The Lamb
'Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged. I lapped it up'
KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, author of Almost Life
'A spellbinding story . . . it will play on your mind for days'
ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of The Three of Us
'A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching girl-meets-cat love story'
GINA CHUNG, author of Sea Change
A magnetic novel about a young woman who falls in love with her boyfriend's cat.
Katie hasn't spoken to her mother in a year when her boyfriend James introduces her to his cat Silver. A small, vulnerable, incorrigible ball of need, Silver's acceptance of Katie cracks open something inside of her: an unravelling begins.
Fresh out of college and far from home, Katie is desperate to skirt the demands of adult life - especially because, as she promised her mother, the plan was to never grow up in the first place. Luckily, she has James: self-assured, generous, and seemingly happy to make decisions for them both.
When they go on holiday to James's family's seaside home, Katie's attachment to Silver grows. Silver doesn't mind that Katie can't seem to get a job, hold her own at dinner parties, or make amends with her mother. Silver, who gets to misbehave spectacularly, be childish, be gross, and still get fed, seems to have the life Katie increasingly longs for. But as their bond intensifies, Katie's other relationships reach tipping points. Soon, Katie must come to terms with what she really wants, and what she might have to risk to get it.
Delicately playful and unexpectedly heartfelt, Kitten is a sensitive reckoning with the allure of helplessness and the uncertainty of becoming yourself in a world that is as disorienting as it is full of hope and connection.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"The moment you've finished this spellbinding story, it will play on your mind for days." - Ore Agbaje-Williams
"Enigmatic and entrancing, like burying your nose in the plume of a cat's neck." - Celina Baljeet Basra
"A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching love story that asks profound questions about attachment and how to belong to one another and to ourselves . . . Kitten will wind its way around your heart." - Gina Chung
"Exquisitely constructed . . . I was completely unable to resist reading it in one sitting." - Jennifer Croft
"Even the most loyal dog person will be charmed by Yu's hilarious, wry, and moving novel about the pleasure and pain of realizing you can be and do whatever you want." - Jean Kyoung Frazier
"Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged . . . I lapped it up." - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"As tender and brutal as a kiss to the most wounded part of yourself . . . Yu's eye for friction and chaos should be studied." - Ruth Madievsky
"Strange, playful, and intimate . . . I didn't want it to end." - Lucy Rose
"Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!" - Weike Wang
"An endearing meditation . . . Kitten will leave you aching." - Alice Evelyn Yang
"Enigmatic and entrancing, like burying your nose in the plume of a cat's neck." - Celina Baljeet Basra
"A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching love story that asks profound questions about attachment and how to belong to one another and to ourselves . . . Kitten will wind its way around your heart." - Gina Chung
"Exquisitely constructed . . . I was completely unable to resist reading it in one sitting." - Jennifer Croft
"Even the most loyal dog person will be charmed by Yu's hilarious, wry, and moving novel about the pleasure and pain of realizing you can be and do whatever you want." - Jean Kyoung Frazier
"Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged . . . I lapped it up." - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"As tender and brutal as a kiss to the most wounded part of yourself . . . Yu's eye for friction and chaos should be studied." - Ruth Madievsky
"Strange, playful, and intimate . . . I didn't want it to end." - Lucy Rose
"Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!" - Weike Wang
"An endearing meditation . . . Kitten will leave you aching." - Alice Evelyn Yang
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