WE'LL PRESCRIBE YOU A CAT

Naruto Komatsu and Natsumi Kuroda perform this award-winning Japanese bestseller with conviction, warmth, and audible appreciation. In five whimsical stories, individual Kyoto residents find their way to a quirky clinic where they are unexpectedly prescribed a cat. Kuroda displays emotional range and witty timing in his performance of two stories. A disheartened accountant finds new purpose when his cat lands him a laboring job, and a middle-aged man learns relevance from his cat. In three stories, Kamatsu movingly channels everyone from a fretful schoolgirl and her censorious mother to a sad geisha to a hard-driving businesswoman. As their cats improve their lives, Kamatsu shifts her tone and pacing to give full voice to their richer, more hopeful selves. What a heartwarming listen. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2024]