{"product_id":"bitch-lucy-cooke","title":"Bitch","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A book that is tearing down the stereotypes and the biases. Absolutely fascinating.' BBC R4 Woman's Hour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'From the heir to Attenborough. 5*' - Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Glorious ... A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology ... Full of marvellous surprises. Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Colourful, committed and deeply informed.' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gloriously original' Daily Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 'sparkling attack on scientific sexism' Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Humorous, absorbing, sometimes shocking (for a variety of reasons), and bound to be a conversation starter' BBC Wildlife\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer' TLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Zoologist Lucy Cooke's hilarious and enlightening book reclaims evolutionary biology for females of all species.' New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Introduces us to a marvelous zoetrope of animals.' The Atlantic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'[An] effervescent expose ... [A] playful, enlightening tour of the vanguard of evolutionary biology.' Scientific American\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelected for the Telegraph's 'best books for summer 2022' and as one of the Guardian's '50 hottest new books for a great escape'.\u003cbr\u003e\n_______________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their species physically and politically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr the meerkat mothers of the Kalahari Desert - the most murderous mammals on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n__________\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise for Lucy's previous book THE UNEXPECTED TRUTH ABOUT ANIMALS\u003cbr\u003e\n'Endlessly fascinating' - Bill Bryson\u003cbr\u003e\n'I cannot remember when I enjoyed a non-fiction book so much' - Daily Express\u003cbr\u003e\n'A joy from beginning to end' - Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\n'Best science pick: deeply researched, sassily written' - Nature\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucy Cooke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43843203563764,"sku":"NF-PSS-G-90919","price":5680.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/4440\/3700\/products\/bitch-lucy-cooke-wild-sage.jpg?v=1777829565","url":"https:\/\/wildandthesage.com\/products\/bitch-lucy-cooke","provider":"Wild and the Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}