Ishida, Syou

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 4 September 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 256 pages
205 x 137 x 27 | 314g

**PRE-ORDER** THE BRAND NEW VOLUME IN THIS POPULAR SERIES ABOUT THE HEALING POWER OF CATSThe highly anticipated new novel – The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul reopens in this delightful follow-up to the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We’ll Prescribe You a Cat for fans of The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Cat Who Saved BooksIt’s time to revisit the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul.

Though it is mysteriously located at an uncertain address, the Kokoro clinic can always be found by those who need it. And it has proven time after time that a prescribed cat has the power to heal the emotional wounds of all its patients.

This irresistible sequel introduces a new loveable cast of healing cats, from Kotetsu, a four-month-old Bengal who unleashes his energy by demolishing bed linen, to curious Shasha, who won’t let her tiny size stop her, and lazy Ms. Michiko, who is as soft and comforting as mochi.

As characters from one chapter re-appear as side characters in the next, we follow a young woman who cannot help pushing away the man who loves her; a recently widowed grandfather whose grandson refuses to leave his room; and an anxious man working at a cat shelter who seeks to show how difficult cats can be the most rewarding.

This moving, magical novel proves just how eternally unknowable cats are for we humans, even while we continue to cherish their special gift of transforming our lives.

**Contains five exquisite line drawings by artist Alissa Levy @levysfriendsReaders adore WE’LL PRESCRIBE YOU ANOTHER CAT:’Oozing with warmth’*****’I was so engrossed I lost track of time’*****’I bought the first book and loved it so much that I bought this one too’*****’I read this book every night and it was so much fun, I could not sleep’*****