I am absolutely thrilled to be on the tour for this read, and an author who I simply adore.
Miaowing the plot:
Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone . . .
It’s safer for Mia to play the part that people expect. She’s a good wife to her husband Tristan, a doting stepmother, she slips on her suit for work each morning like a new skin.
But beneath the surface, there’s another woman just clawing to get out . . .
When a shocking event shatters the conventional life she’s been so careful to build, Mia is faced with a choice. Does she live for a society that’s all too quick to judge, or does she live for herself?
And if that’s as an independent woman with a cat, then the world better get ready . . .
Fresh, funny and for anyone who’s ever felt astray, CAT LADY will help you belong – because a woman always lands on her feet.
Bobs and Books honest review:
Wowies! This book could not have come at a better time for me. At the time of writing this I have had a week where two colleagues told me I needed dogs or children to make friends. I said I loved my cat. Single, and living alone plus cat, this was just the perfect tonic that I needed.
Mia really goes through the motions in this, and there are other characters that I loved to hate, and times I wanted to scream at them. In equal measure, the friends she finds in her unusual support group are just brilliant.
I think generally, this is the book the modern feminist needs. Its about time we had a heroine who isn't obsessed with babies (or dogs) but cares about her career and her cat.
This one where I giggled, cried, gasped, cringed and shouted at the book- possibly even at the same time. Yet again Dawn O'Porter achieves some shock factor in this read.
This was the book that I didn't know I needed quite as much as I did.
About the author:
DAWN O’PORTER lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chris, her two boys Art and Valentine, cats Myrtle and Boo. Dawn is the bestselling author of the novels The Cows and the Richard and Judy Book Club pick So Lucky, and her non-fiction title Life in Pieces was also a Sunday Times bestseller. Dawn started out in TV production but quickly landed in front of the camera, making numerous documentaries that included immersive investigations of Polygamy, Size Zero, Childbirth, Free Love, Breast Cancer and the movie Dirty Dancing. Dawn’s journalism has appeared in multiple publications and she was the monthly columnist for Glamour magazine.
She is now a full-time writer of eight books, designs dresses for Joanie Clothing, LOVES instagram, and has a large following on her Patreon blog.
Pssst- I was lucky enough to meet Dawn when she came to Waterstones Swansea to promote another of her books. I think it is here I feel love in with her bob and copied her look (not completely as I am blonde now!)
