Product Description: A revealing book about the state of modern monogamy—what it stands for, how it works and doesn't work, and how couples can manage ruptures in sexual fidelityMany people manage to be monogamous, yet also think of adultery as the "crime" they could imagine themselves committing...read more

Product Description: These days, many of us enjoy unrivalled freedom and equality when it comes to choosing and building a relationship. Yet new myths about how to live and love compromise that happiness.Kate Figes argues that, whether married or cohabiting, gay or straight, remarried or a couple living apart, the quality of our intimate relationship is fundamental to our long-term health and happiness, because our need for commitment and love hasn't changed...read more

Product Description: Forget about the baby for just one minute; what about you? New motherhood changes everything. Few women are prepared for the radical shifts in identity, emotional intensity and relations with friends, family and the father of their child...read more

Kate Figes's offers a brilliant new take on the age-old pastime in this witty and enlightening miscellany of bitching.

Sue is a GP, her busy life filled with demanding but lovable patients, demanding but lovable children, a husband, and a new dog. Lola is eleven, and endearingly aware of those around her. And when she notices a number of calls made by her dad to someone called Laura, she feels overburdened with guilt and responsibility.

Sue is a forty-six year old GP, mother of two, wife of one. Frankie is her elder daughter, just fourteen, ready to start out in life. The pair are diametrically opposite in years and energy, yet both teeter on the brink of the next big thing. This work features a portrait of real life in an average household.

A candid take on motherhood explores the often concealed negative physical, psychological, and emotional aspects of motherhood, from changes in metabolism and diminished sexual energy to lingering physical problems including backache and incontinence. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This anthology brings together a vast array of writing from women around the world. The stories mirror the changes and expectations of women's lives everywhere, reflecting the diversity of their experience while also pooling established writers with new talent. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)