Bitch

A dazzling funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom Bitch is a blast I read it my jaw sagging in astonishment jotting down favourite parts to send to friends and reading out snippets gleefully Observer A book that is tearing down the stereotypes and the biases Absolutely fascinating BBC R4 Woman s Hour From the heir to Attenborough 5 Telegraph Glorious A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology Full of marvellous surprises Guardian Colourful committed and deeply informed Sunday Times Gloriously original Daily MirrorA sparkling attack on scientific sexism Nature Humorous absorbing sometimes shocking for a variety of reasons and bound to be a conversation starter BBC Wildlife Brilliant Cooke is a superb science writer TLS Zoologist Lucy Cooke s hilarious and enlightening book reclaims evolutionary biology for females of all species New Statesman Introduces us to a marvelous zoetrope of animals The Atlantic An effervescent exposé A playful enlightening tour of the vanguard of evolutionary biology Scientific American Selected for the Telegraph s best books for summer 2022 and as one of the Guardian s 50 hottes