“Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!”—Weike Wang, author of Chemistry

“Beguiling, biting . . . the next book on every literary It girl’s shelf . . . [Kitten] explores the political, economic, and social implications of who gets to be ‘helpless.’”—Marie Claire

“Stacey Yu’s Kitten indulges in the agony and ecstasy of helplessness. . . . This delights.”—The Boston Globe

“Yu explores the anti-girlboss backlash and the seductive appeal of helplessness.”—Dazed

“A love story unlike any other love story you have read . . . There’s something in Kitten for everyone.”—Debutiful

“You won’t want to put [it] down. . . . A thoughtful meditation on mother-daughter relationships, class, love and the fragile threshold between childhood and adulthood.”—Service95

“A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching love story that asks profound questions about attachment and how to belong to one another and to ourselves . . . Kitten will wind its way around your heart.”—Gina Chung, author of Sea Change

“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.”—Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl

“Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged . . . I lapped it up.”—Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies

“Strange, playful, and intimate . . . I didn’t want it to end.”—Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb

“Exquisitely constructed . . . I was completely unable to resist reading it in one sitting.”—Jennifer Croft, author of The Extinction of Irena Rey

“The moment you’ve finished this spellbinding story, it will play on your mind for days.”—Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us

“As tender and brutal as a kiss to the most wounded part of yourself . . . Yu’s eye for friction and chaos should be studied.”—Ruth Madievsky, author of All-Night Pharmacy

“Enigmatic and entrancing, like burying your nose in the plume of a cat’s neck.”—Celina Baljeet Basra, author of Happy

“An endearing meditation . . . Kitten will leave you aching.”—Alice Evelyn Yang, author of A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

“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.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A weird book (that's a compliment).”—Booklist