Cat Lady: The Sunday Times bestseller and the latest funny, brilliant and bold fiction novel for 2023 from the author of So Lucky

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It is a mythic story, beginning with the cat lady and her cats, and segueing into the tale of Cardinal Mezzaluna, who summons the cat lady to a private audience. This is an unusual genre for me to review, so your rating may be higher than mine: four stars, and definitely recommended.

It has long been a pejorative term and a device for transferring shame and judgment on women who challenged traditional roles, or were hard to domesticate and keep in line. The puns are cute and the variety of cat breeds represented ensures you'll likely find your favorites. To understand why this trope exists – and why it may be on its last legs – let’s scoot back to the middle ages and the earliest perceptions of women and their cats. Even before witch-hunts, cats had a bad rep in the western world – with associations with heretical sects and the devil.I received a copy of this wonderful book from the author in exchange for an honest review, many thanks. The Old Maid card game was often illustrated with a dour woman and her cat, the “friend of the friendless”, as it was described at the time. Beyond how to diagnose yourself as certified cat lady, this book includes some instructions for making cat toys and fun facts. In the memorable short story Cat Person (2017), Kristen Roupenian inverts the cat lady trope by giving her male protagonist, Robert, a couple of pet cats. Most humans see just what they can, and have no concept of the span, of much their senses can't reveal, they know not of what's truly real.

While dogs are faithful and friendly, cats are cool, detached and unreliable … cats are as hard to understand as women are,” he said. The Columbus police department found thousands of dollars’ worth of jewellery in the 83-year-old lady’s house and discovered she taught the cats to bring back “anything that shined”.There are also useful quizzes such as when your cat should get their own Instagram page, how to select your cat’s name, and how to make the perfect cat toy using common household objects.