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... ObserverA book that is tearing down the stereotypes and the biases. Absolutely fascinating. BBC R4 Womans HourFrom the heir to Attenborough. 5 TelegraphGlorious ... A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology ... Full of marvellous surprises. GuardianColourful committed and deeply informed. Sunday TimesGloriously original Daily MirrorA sparkling attack on scientific sexism NatureHumorous absorbing sometimes shocking for a variety of reasons and bound to be a conversation starter BBC WildlifeBrilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer TLSZoologist Lucy Cookes hilarious and enlightening book reclaims evolutionary biology for females of all species. New StatesmanIntroduces us to a marvelous zoetrope of animals. The AtlanticAn effervescent expos ... A playful enlightening tour of the vanguard of evolutionary biology. Scientific American Selected for the Telegraphs best books for summer 2022 and as one of the Guardians 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the meerkat mothers of the Kalahari Desert the most murderous mammals on the planet.The bitches in BITCH overturn outdated binary expectations of bodies brains biology and behaviour.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 Cookes brilliant new book w