The Ladder by Cathy Newman

From the bestselling author of Bloody Brilliant Women

The Ladder brings together discussions between women – about work, love, growth, challenge, the big decisions and the stories of their lives.

Offering inspiration and wise counsel from some of the world’s most acclaimed and influential women, this book is an insight and a trove of solidarity, turning over ideas of change, anger, illness, imposter syndrome, self-knowledge, purpose, how to not panic in a crisis and how to stop worrying you’re boring when there isn’t one.

Amidst these pages are discussions with women who have achieved extraordinary things in their fields and pursuits, from politicians like Nicola Sturgeon and Angela Rayner to scientists like Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, activists like Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, film-makers like Waad Al-Kateab, religious leaders like Rose Hudson-Wilkin and broadcasters like Joan Bakewell.

29 February 2024 | HB | 9780008567460 | £18.99

If you’re a bookseller in the UK or Ireland and you’d like an advance reading copy of The Ladder please send your request, along with your name and bookshop address, to El at independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk

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