4.0

A hilarious, blunt romp through practical women's history. For anyone who has ever watched a BBC bonnet and corset and sighed for a simpler life, this is required reading. From arsenic in your face cream, to the many household items which could inadvertently maim or maul you, to the sheer scale of the everyday filth, it makes you grateful for the basics...like suffrage, hygiene products, and legal autonomy.

Written in a chatty, sly voice not everyone will like the conceit, but I found it great fun for an audiobook experience.