Nightbitch
Stylist’s summer cult breakout
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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Rachel Yoder
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING AMY ADAMS
Are you looking for a book with bite?
One day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly something else...
At home full-time with her two-year-old son, an artist finds she is struggling. She is lonely and exhausted. Her husband, always travelling for his work, calls her from faraway hotel rooms. One more toddler bedtime, and she fears she might lose her mind.
Instead, she starts gaining things, surprising things that happen one night when her child will not sleep. New appetites, new instincts. And from deep within herself, a new voice...
Written as a howl against biology, history and the patriarchy, Nightbitch uproariously explores how traditional structures of power and gender continue to shape our experiences of mothering. Outrageously enjoyable, deeply clever and joyfully subversive, it is a book about finding the freedom to love and live as we want and need, whatever form this takes.
'OUTRAGEOUS, SMART, FUN' Bonnie Garmus, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
'FUNNY AND UNNERVING AS HELL' Jenny Offill
'The spiritual successor to Angela Carter' Evening Standard
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- Katie Pryme
- 23-05-24
Interesting read for a new mother
Not my usual genre, as a new mother I was worried to read it. A thought provoking book about the wild untamed nature of motherhood and its pressures. Worth the listen.
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- George
- 25-08-21
Often feels slow, but an interesting story
Some very interesting themes and a more unusual story, which was enjoyable. I found however that it took quite some time for the story to advance and I wanted to get past the more mundane sections to discover more about Nightbitch.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-04-23
Weirdly relatable
I enjoyed this book immensely. It presented wanting to raise a child in the best possible way to the pulls of creativity and a career in an original manner. It echoed my personal realisation after giving birth that however civilised we fool ourselves that we are, we are basically animals. It very much reminded me of my time with young children and my need to be creative and run my creative business, the animal instincts that kicked in with motherhood and the realisation that we have to trust our own judgements and act on those instincts rather than follow societies norms. A great book and a must read for creative new mums
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- C. A. Turner
- 28-04-24
Lights out, b*tch
So many parts of this were so exquisite in their delivery. But this book dragged with fatigue and made us readers feel exhausted and numb at the end.
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- Debra
- 05-06-22
Magic realism and dogs - what’s not to like?
A new stay at home mother deals with her loneliness when her husband frequently travels for work and seems to be turning into a dog. Great story telling narrated professionally. Very engaging and highly recommended .
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-24
Astounding
Best book I’ve read in a long time - it will make you so angry you have to put it down, but it will be so brilliant you have to pick it back up
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- Eren Jaeger
- 14-11-24
transformative
I feel recognised as a fellow feral woman - howl, growl and sink your hands into mud and eat raw meat and tear into everything. we are of course, all animals
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- bookworm
- 09-10-21
Good but not amazing
Fairly well read, I liked it but I didn’t love it. I wanted to be way more shocked that I was. For a book about an anthropomorphic housewife I felt the delivery was a little tame.
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- busymum
- 17-08-24
A Mediative and fantastical journey into the essence of motherhood
This book was sold to me as part of the femgore genre, but it’s far more like an American Angela Carter novel, which is high praise! The performance was excellent and the journey taken by the central character as she rediscovers her identity after having a child gave me a lot to think about. I do wish there had been a bit more plot, which why 4 stars
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- Suke
- 10-12-24
Fantastic!
Can’t wait to see the film! Not easy as so much interior dialogue in book but that made it a great book!
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