Author: Shelley Klein
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 19 February 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 320 pages
223 x 147 x 30 | 428g
'DIZZYINGLY GOOD . . . HILARIOUS AND HEART-WARMING, AS IT VEERS FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE ABSURD' DAILY MAIL'THE BEST SORT OF BRITISH COMIC WRITING . . . TRUTHFUL, TENDER AND VERY FUNNY' PANDORA SYKES An irresistible comic novel centred on the various crises of middle-aged Alison, for fans of Nina Stibbe and Marian KeyesWhen 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's 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, a useless cheating husband, long-lost family and wonderfully acerbic friends.
'THERE WON'T BE A FUNNIER BOOK IN 2026' CRESSIDA CONNOLLY 'BRINGS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO THE MID-LIFE CRISIS' JULIA SAMUEL