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My Husband and Other Rats

Brief Description
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... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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An irresistible comic novel centred on the various crises of middle-aged Alison, for fans of Nina Stibbe and Maria Semple

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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 . . .

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399632003

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Contributors:

  • Read by Julie Maisey

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Shelley Klein is a writer and psychotherapist. Her first book The See-Through House, a memoir of growing up in a modernist masterpiece on the Scottish borders with Bernat Klein her eccentric textile designer father, was published in 2020 by Chatto & Windus.

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