'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 pa rts 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 Mirror A '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 expos é ... [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 hottest new books for a great escape'.
_________________________________ ______________________________ What does it mean to be
female? Mother carer the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has
been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of
animals and the scientists studying them that are redefining the female of the species. Meet
the female lemurs of Madagascar our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their
species physically and politically. Or female albatross couples hooking up together to raise
their chicks in Hawaii. Or the meerkat mothers of the Kalahari Desert - the most murderous
mammals on the planet. The bitches in BITCH overturn outdated binary expectations of bodies
brains biology and behaviour. Lucy Cooke's brilliant new book will change how you think -
about sex sexual identity and sexuality in animals and also the very forces that shape
evolution. __________ Praise for Lucy's previous book THE UNEXPECTED TRUTH ABOUT ANIMALS
'Endlessly fascinating' - Bill Bryson 'I cannot remember when I enjoyed a non-fiction book so
much' - Daily Express 'A joy from beginning to end' - Guardian 'Best science pick: deeply
researched sassily written' - Nature
