European Shorthair

Joana Estrela

Considered by the critics to have “an astounding narrative voice”, Joana Estrela returns to the cartoon format with a story about a cat’s dying days and the difficult decisions faced by its adoptive family.

A moving book about loss which also celebrates life — that of a cat at the heart of a human family: with the inherent complicity, anxieties, habits and obsessions, as well as, finally, the days leading up to an inevitable farewell.

“It’s Saturday morning. The cat’s still alive. But he’s still dying too.”

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