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My Husband and Other Rats: 'The best sort of British comic writing' Pandora Sykes

Shelley Klein

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Therapy & therapeutics, Humour

A debut 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 is 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 . . .

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Praise for My Husband and Other Rats: 'The best sort of British comic writing' Pandora Sykes

  • A charming account of a daughter, a house and a fastidious dad: secrecy is not a trait found in Klein's writing, which is at times disarmingly honest. Her openness pays off - we get a full and nuanced portrait of her life and all those in it - Sunday Times (on The See-Through House)

  • Original, moving and bracingly honest . . . Often hilarious - Guardian (on The See-Through House)

  • A finespun, magical new grief memoir . . . Klein is a witty observer, even in the case of her own sorrow, which she rifles through and puzzles over with wry candour. Desolation and humour are expertly balanced throughout - Telegraph (on The See-Through House)

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