A darkly satirical novel about 21st-century motherhood and women's labour, full of waspish observations and the kind of caustic epithets that had me underlining chunks. Hogarth is very funny on motherhood's modern mores... She is especially hilarious on the balance of domestic - and sexual - labour within Dani and husband Clark's marriage
Guardian
A sardonic, high-speed novel ... Read moreabout motherhood.... There is so much to enjoy and admire here... Acutely observed, hilarious
Irish Times
A delicious dark comedy
Stylist
New motherhood in all its mesh-implanting, incontinence-inducing horror and glory is both skewered and celebrated
Daily Mail
A dark take on suburban motherhood
Big Issue
Energetic... sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking and always fully engaging. Unforgettable work by Hogarth - don't miss it
Buzz Mag
This spiky second novel veers off into mystery territory... provocative takes on capitalism's intersection with domestic labour and "momfluencer" culture.
Observer
Like Dani, the women who fall for such schemes have too much time on their hands, an unsatisfied hunger for "more" - vaguely defined - and such a burning need to be special that they'll take as a guru anyone who pets their heads. Normal Women is particularly good at teasing out this manipulative strand.
Daily Telegraph
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