{"product_id":"the-cats-we-meet-along-the-way","title":"The Cats We Meet Along the Way","description":"Review\n\nThis moving, unique, incredibly assured YA debut is full of life's slow richness, the lagging toll of grief and the brightness of unconditional love. ― The Guardian\n\nPoignant, thoughtful and life-affirming. ― The Bookseller\n\nA phenomenal book. Such a distinctive voice, so beautifully crafted, and what a premise. ― Louisa Reid\n\nOriginal, emotionally truthful and infused with love and hope. ― Patrice Lawrence\n\nA beautiful debut about finding the light even as the world is ending. ― Jenny Downham\n\nFresh, hopeful and thought-provoking and with a real lightness of touch ― Rashmi Sirdeshpande\n\n\nProduct Description\n\nSeventeen-year-old Aisha hasn't seen her sister June for two years. And now that a calamity is about to end the world in nine months' time, she and her mother decide that it's time to track her down and mend the hurts of the past. Along with Aisha's boyfriend, Walter and his parents (and Fleabag the stray cat), the group take a roadtrip through Malaysia in a wildly decorated campervan - to put the past to rest, to come to terms with the present, and to hope for the future.\n\nBook Description\n\nA stunning debut young adult novel set in Malaysia, charting Aisha and her family on a roadtrip through the country in search of estranged sister, June. Set against the backdrop of a world catastrophe, this novel is full of love, healing and hope.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nNadia Mikail is a full-time houseplant owner and part-time investigative journalist of what London's pigeons are planning when they flock together like that. She is mostly unsuccessful at (but still hopeful about) both these occupations. Nadia is from Sarawak in Malaysia, where the air is always sweeter, the food is always tastier, and the pigeons are considerably less bold. She is currently studying law in London.","brand":"Guppy Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40685820575829,"sku":"9781913101596N","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/86d3d357-b708-4230-990f-63222f919b89.jpg?v=1694610036","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-cats-we-meet-along-the-way","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}