Bombshell
It’s time to shed the beauty myth and find a new freedom.
Gender studies: women and girls
Who Gets to Have Kids?: Creating a Family in an Age of Uncertainty
An urgent investigation into the modern parenting crisis, and why we all lose out when only the wealthiest can afford to have kids.
A Bloody Scandal
From their first period to menopause, women are taught that it is normal to live in pain. In this urgent investigation into gynaecological neglect, Evelyn Scott fiercely refutes that myth.
The Body Myth
The Body Myth will transform the way a generation of women think, not just about one single aspect of being female, but about their lifetime experience of the female body.
Divide and Rule: Royal Women and Their Battles
Globally famous and yet universally misunderstood – these are the complex and utterly engrossing stories of Britain’s royal women behind the public façade.
The Price of Pretty
From Sunday Times bestselling author Alex Light comes an empowering, incisive new book examining the crushing beauty standards women are subjected to – and how we can learn to fight back.
Shakespeare’s Strong Women: The wit, wisdom and wickedness of his fiercest female characters
‘If I be waspish, best beware my sting’
Beyond Belief
A celebration and exploration of gossip, reclaiming it as a powerful tool for building relationships, sharing vital information and enabling women’s voices to be heard.
Cash Cow: How the maternal body became a global commodity – and the hidden costs for women
‘Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing’ – Maureen Freely
‘Humane, thoughtful and urgent — this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage’ – Dr Mary Wellesley
A thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body
Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions
‘Brilliant’ Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times
‘This shimmering study … brilliant and wily’ Marina Warner, Observer
Winner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARD
Custody: The Secret History of Mothers
Custody is the first book for general readers on the history of child custody, an issue that affects so many lives and a question that seems fundamental to our experience and understanding of family. It’s also an act of dramatic storytelling, blistering polemic and large-scale historical re-evaluation.