Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

'What a rare gift Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett possesses: expansive compassion, empathy and warmth, and a scalpel precision with words' Emma Forrest 'A superbly written, special book' Olivia Sudjic 'Conjures a heady, terrifying time in beautiful detail' Nell Frizzell When Rhiannon fell in love with, and eventually married her flatmate, she imagined they might one day move on. But this is London in the age of generation rent, and so they share their home with a succession of friends and strangers while saving for a life less makeshift. The desire for a baby is never far from the surface, but can she be sure that she will ever be free of the anxiety she has experienced since an attack in the street one night? And after a childhood spent caring for her autistic brother, does she really want to devote herself to motherhood? Moving through the seasons over the course of lockdown, The Year of the Cat nimbly charts the way a kitten called Mackerel walked into Rhiannon's home and heart, and taught her to face down her fears and appreciate quite how much love she had to offer.

A Love Story

The Year of the Cat

The Tyranny of Lost Things

Holly Baxter

HAVE YOU EVER... Obsessed over your body’s ‘problem areas’? Killed an hour on the Sidebar of Shame? Wondered whether to try ‘50 Sex Tips to Please Your Man’? Felt worse after doing any of the above? Holly and Rhiannon grew up reading glossy mags and, like most women, thought of them as just a bit of fun. But over time they started to feel uneasy – not just about magazines, but about music videos, page 3, and women being labelled frigid, princesses or tramps. So, following the amazing success of their Vagenda blog, they wrote this book. Welcome to your indispensable guide to the madness of women’s media.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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