Bitch, 9780857524126
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Animal kingdom secrets shatter female stereotypes; redefine what it means to be.

Bitch

A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    16 May 2022

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Summary

In our fiercely contested social, political, and cultural landscape, Lucy Cooke looks to the animal kingdom to ask what it means to be female.

Mother. Daughter. Ruler. Provider. What does it mean to be female?

The female species has never been more scrutinized or politicized. As we search to define our gender, combat prejudice, and celebrate the myriad of femininity, what can the animal kingdom teach us about its true nature?

In BITCH, award-winning zoologist,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857524126
ISBN-10:0857524127
Author:Lucy Cooke
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Doubleday
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:16 May 2022
Weight:481g
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm x 29mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Mr Darwin, your time is up…This is the evolutionary reboot us bitches have been waiting for.

Lucy Cooke’s Bitch shows just how far we have come in seeing nature’s females for what they actually are.’ – Simon Ing * Telegraph *Surprising sex lives of the animal kingdom: From bondage-loving spiders to ‘Scrooge-like’ lobsters who save their sperm for a female who’s ‘worth it’, BITCH lifts the lid on kinky creatures – Claire Toureille * Daily Mail *Best books of 2022 so far: Zoologist Lucy Cooke’s hilarious and enlightening book reclaims evolutionary biology for females of all species. * New Statesman *Mr Darwin, your time is up…This is the evolutionary reboot us bitches have been waiting for. – Sue PerkinsBrilliant … Cooke is a superb science writer – Carol Tavris * TLS *

About The Author

Lucy Cooke

Lucy Cooke has a Master’s in Zoology from the University of Oxford, where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins. She is the author of two previous books, A Little Book of Sloth, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Unexpected Truth about Animals, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize and has been translated into seventeen languages. She has also written for the Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Lucy is also an award-winning broadcaster and documentary filmmaker. Initially working behind the scenes in television comedy, she is now a regular on Radio 4 and has presented prime-time series for BBC, ITV and National Geographic.

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