A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; one of the herd.
I really enjoyed this book. It's a story about a group of women who don't know each other but whose lives intersect, who are on journeys to discover who they really are.
Tara is a documentary producer working in a mysogyistic office and raising her six year old daughter on her own. Cam is a high profile blogger and committed to her child-free life. Stella, grieving after the death of her twin sister, is the PA to a photographer.
This is a book about friendship and relationships and dealing with the crap life throws at you. I love Dawn O Porter's writing and how unflinching she is about covering subjects that other authors would shy away from with complete honesty. If you're not keen on earthy language or frank sexual talk then you might find this a bit of a turn-off, but I loved it.
I thought parts of the plot line were a bit far-fetched, but it was still immensely enjoyable to read and had me cringing in places (Walthamstow Wank Woman) and the responses of the media and social media were so horrifyingly believable (especially that of the Daily fucking Mail). The three viewpoints of the women were different enough that it was easy to keep track of who was narrating what.
If I have one criticism about this book, it's that sometimes it felt like someone brainstormed 'Shit Women Have To Put Up With That Men Don't' on a bit of flip chart paper and then wrote a book about it, but other than that this was a really sound read.
4 stars