A Day for Bread, Soup and Cats by Yoko Mure - ISBN: 9781398727021
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Grief, cats, and cooking heal life’s wounds one delicious meal at a time.
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A Day for Bread, Soup and Cats

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    8 September 2026

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Summary

‘Cooking can’t be measured in hours or minutes,’ Sensei had told her…‘You cook with the five senses: by looking, listening, smelling…’

When Akiko’s mother unexpectedly dies, she’s forced to rethink certain aspects of her life. A senior editor at a glamorous publishing house, she quits her job and moves back to her hometown. There, she’s committed to revamping her late mother’s well-loved izakaya into a cafe that offers simple and delectable food: a daily menu of sandwiches, soups, sal…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781398727021
ISBN-10:1398727024
Author:Yoko Mure
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Orion
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:8 September 2026
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
About The Author

Yoko Mure

Born in 1954, Yoko Mure graduated from Nihon University College of Art in 1977. She started to write essays while working at a magazine publishing house and in 1984, she published her debut essay collection, Brown Rice Bread before Midnight. Since then, her writing has been prolific: she is the author of dozens of novels and essay books, and has become one of Japan’s most successful writers. A Day for Bread, Soup, and Cats was adapted into a Japanese TV drama in 2013.

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