{"product_id":"kitten","title":"Kitten","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStacey Yu\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chinese American writer. She grew up between Texas, Arkansas, and California and currently lives in London. \n\u003ci\u003eKitten \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Abound in wit and restraint, \n\u003ci\u003eKitten\u003c\/i\u003e explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Weike Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eChemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching love story that asks profound questions about attachment and how to belong to one another and to ourselves . . . \n\u003ci\u003eKitten\u003c\/i\u003e will wind its way around your heart.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Gina Chung, author of \u003ci\u003eSea Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of \u003ci\u003ePizza Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged . . . I lapped it up.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Strange, playful, and intimate . . . I didn't want it to end.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Lucy Rose, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exquisitely constructed . . . I was completely unable to resist reading it in one sitting.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jennifer Croft, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The moment you've finished this spellbinding story, it will play on your mind for days.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Three of Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As tender and brutal as a kiss to the most wounded part of yourself . . . Yu's eye for friction and chaos should be studied.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Ruth Madievsky, author of \u003ci\u003eAll-Night Pharmacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enigmatic and entrancing, like burying your nose in the plume of a cat's neck.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Celina Baljeet Basra, author of\u003ci\u003e Happy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An endearing meditation . . . \n\u003ci\u003eKitten\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you aching.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Alice Evelyn Yang, author of \u003ci\u003eA Beast Slinks Towards Beijing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Yu's novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of existential nihilism and a psychologically deft portrait of mother-daughter trauma. . . . The story shines with sharp intelligence. Weird lit girl is having a moment, but this spiky debut refuses to be boxed in.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A weird book (that's a compliment).\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn enchanting debut novel about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend's cat opens new possibilities for her life--but not without threatening to unravel it.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Abound in wit and restraint, \u003ci\u003eKitten\u003c\/i\u003e explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!\" --Weike Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eChemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Yu's novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of existential nihilism and a psychologically deft portrait of mother-daughter trauma. . . this spiky debut refuses to be boxed in\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR\u003c\/i\u003e MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Katie is far from home, fresh out of college, and desperate to skirt the demands of adult life. It doesn't help that she's no longer speaking to her mother. Or that she owes her roommate and closest friend months of rent money. Luckily, her self-assured, generous boyfriend James seems happy to make decisions for them both. When James takes Katie on vacation to his family's seaside house, he brings Silver, his childhood cat, and Katie discovers a sudden, strange, and giddy connection. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSilver 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 lie around all day, misbehave spectacularly, act cute, be gross, and still get fed, seems to have the life Katie increasingly longs for. Soon enough, they're inseparable, and something inside Katie begins to crack open . . . or maybe just crack. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause if Katie has learned anything from her mother, it's that devotion comes at a price. As Katie's affection for Silver deepens, her other relationships begin to falter, until she's forced to confront what she really desires from life--and what she might have to risk to get it. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkly playful, wryly observant, and unexpectedly heartfelt, this debut from an irresistible new voice in fiction is a timeless reckoning with the uncertainty of becoming a person in an age that is as disorienting and lonely as it is full of hope and promise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217155064, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9798217155064, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 54 (EAN 9798217155064, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/22\/2026 (EAN 9798217155064, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217155064, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496219934998,"sku":"9798217155064","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798217155064.jpg?v=1783057690","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/kitten","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}