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''THE BEST SORT OF BRITISH COMIC WRITING . . . TRUTHFUL, TENDER AND VERY FUNNY'' PANDORA SYKES

An irresistible comic novel centred on the various crises of middle-aged Alison, for fans of Nina Stibbe and Maria Semple

When the full catalogue of miseries that can be visited on a middle-aged woman are happening all at once to Alison Solomon, everybody tells her she should talk to someone. But it''s hard, really hard, to find the right therapist.

Meanwhile, there''s a ghostly woman hanging around outside her house and - is that a rat in the kitchen?

In My Husband and Other Rats, we follow Alison as she navigates a series of scrapes, crises and therapists, with the help of a hilarious cast of characters including an artisanal rat catcher, a useless cheating husband, long-lost family and wonderfully acerbic friends.

''THERE WON''T BE A FUNNIER BOOK IN 2026'' CRESSIDA CONNOLLY

''BRINGS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO THE MID-LIFE CRISIS'' JULIA SAMUEL

From the author of Can’t Remember Sh*t, here is another riotously funny book for anyone interested in . . . uh . . . anyone interested in . . . uh . . . whatever. Replete with everything Shelly Klein forgot to put in her previous book, and with a softer, gentler title, Senior Moments explores the whole spectrum of annoyances hounding the seventy-six million Baby Boomers (and their older kids) as they go gray at the temples, add a few inches to the midsection, and keep forgetting what day of the week it is.

Comprising the experiences of everyone from politicians to TV talking heads, from the famous to the infamous (and everyone in-between), Senior Moments is chockful of advice, anecdotes, confessions, quotes, tips, and excuses—and dishes it all out without straining its back.

Brought to you by Penguin.Shelley Klein grew up in the Scottish Borders, in a house designed on a modernist open-plan grid; with colourful glass panels set against a forest of trees, it was like living in a work of art.Shelley’s father, Bernat Klein, was a textile designer whose pioneering colours and textures were a major contribution to 1960s and 70s style. As a child, Shelley and her siblings adored both the house and the fashion shows that took place there, but as she grew older Shelley also began to rebel against her father’s excessive design principles. Thirty years on, Shelley moves back home to care for her father, now in his eighties: the house has not changed and neither has his uncompromising vision. As Shelley installs her pots of herbs on the kitchen windowsill, he insists she take them into her bedroom to ensure they don’t ‘spoil the line of the house’.Threaded through Shelley’s book is her father’s own story: an Orthodox Jewish childhood in Yugoslavia; his rejection of rabbinical studies to pursue a life of art; his arrival in post-war Britain and his imagining of a house filled with light and colour as interpreted by the architect Peter Womersley.A book about the search for belonging and the pain of letting go, The See-Through House is a moving memoir of one man''s distinctive way of looking at the world, told with tenderness and humour and a daughter’s love.© Shelley Klein 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020