Books that Bind January 2025 – We’ll Prescribe You a Cat
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Date: Thursday, January 16 at 12:00 PM EST
A cat a day keeps the doctor away….
Discover this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats in the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation.
Tucked away on the fifth floor of an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Nakagyō Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can be found only by people who are struggling in their lives and who genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there: it prescribes cats as medication. Patients are often puzzled by this unconventional prescription, but when they “take” their cat for the recommended duration, they witness profound transformations in their lives, guided by the playful, empathetic, and occasionally challenging yet endearing cats.
Throughout these pages, the power of the human-animal bond is revealed as a disheartened businessman finds unexpected joy in physical labor, a middle-aged man struggles to stay relevant at work and home, a young girl navigates the complexities of elementary school cliques, a hardened handbag designer seeks emotional balance, and a geisha learns to move on from the memory of her lost cat. As the clinic’s patients grapple with their inner turmoil and seek resolution, their feline companions lead them toward healing, self-discovery, and newfound hope.
Books that Bind Building bonds through books and conversation. Our club reads a wide range of authors and genres. Books that Bind is the official Book Club of the Interchurch Center located in the Morningside/ Harlem area of New York City, NY. The club was established in 2011 to build bonds and friendship through a shared love of books among the various tenants of the building and neighbored.
2025 Reading List:
January 16th – We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
February – Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
March – In a League of Her Own by Kaia Alderson
April – Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman
May – James by Percival Everett
June – Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
July – Orbital by Samantha Harvey
August – Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
September – How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
October – The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager
November – Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams
