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The Cows

By: Dawn O'Porter, Laura Kirman
Narrated by: Dawn O'Porter, Karen Cass
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Summary

Shortlisted for best audiobook in the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.

The Sunday Times best seller.

Fearlessly frank and funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O’Porter needs to be talked about. 

This audiobook contains an audio exclusive Q&A with author Dawn O’Porter.

COW [n.] /kaʊ/ A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; one of the herd.

Women don’t have to fall into a stereotype.

The Cows is a powerful novel about three women. In all the noise of modern life, each needs to find their own voice.

It’s about friendship and being female.

It’s bold and brilliant.

It’s searingly perceptive.

It's about never following the herd.

And everyone is going to be talking about it.

©2017 Dawn O'Porter (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"A funny, smart, kind, incredibly truthful book about women...all the shame, judgement, envy and love that being alive and female entails." (Polly Vernon)

"Smart and insightful." (RED)   

"Dawn's writing is addictive - fearless, beyond feisty and seriously funny." (Mel Giedroyc)   

"Funny and excruciating. You'll think about it for weeks!" (Kristen Wiig)   

"I loved it. Funny, moving, twisty.... Wow! I couldn't stop reading it." (Jill Mansell) 

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Fantastic book well done Dawn

Gripping and full of amazing insight , absolutely loved it and the honesty she writes with. Great female characters bring the story to life and tackle some very real issues facing all modern women today.

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Would listen AGAIN AND AGAIN

Absolutely loved it, it’s emotional but not so much so, sexy & so funny it had me in stitches!

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Took a while to get into

At first I found the characters hard to relate to, not being or desiring to be the mum, but also not being career superstar (what else is there?). However, the complex nature of female relationships was well captured and made it worthwhile. You do need to suspend disbelief to stick with the main plot line though.

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I didn’t want it to stop!

Really enjoyed this book. The characters are well thought out and believable, I love the women together vibe, and the underlying kindness throughout.

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Wow!

Wow .. I only usually listen to romantic comedy/chick lits but got recommended Dawn O’Porter so gave it a go.
I literally couldn’t stop listening! .. still in a bit of shock from the hard hitting content but I absolutely loved it & will listen to more of her books.
The narration was absolutely spot on which enhanced it even more.
Wow what a great book!

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great read...

emotional,sad,thought provoking,honest,and at times very funny ...not many books are like this ...very recommend x

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Great book

I loved this and will be recommending to all my friends. The characters were well-rounded and believable, and I liked having one narrator for each. All the narrators were great. The ways that women are portrayed and vilified in the media were captured so well, not to mention the ways women are pitted against each other.

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Hilarious

A great easy read, very modern and exceptionally funny. Incredibly likable characters and entertaining.

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wow

This book is superbly written.Love Dawn's books and this one is great. Would recommend to anyone.

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Brilliant

Another absolute blinder!! loved it! Again I really felt Dawn O'Porter explores the inner lives of women in such an accurate way. I so enjoyed it. Thank you

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