I deliberately requested a room facing the road so that I could insist the windows had to be closed because of the noise of the traffic. We’ve been alone in a small bedroom in a Holiday Inn just off the M4 for over three hours. He’s going to break any minute, I know it. It rapidly spreads, forming a little wet patch then, as if on a factory line, another pops out and follows its exact journey. The sweat runs over his chin, down his neck and settles on his white collar. I think it was an attempt to wipe it, but ends up being more of a punch in his own face. He sniffs and hits his nose with the side of a clenched fist. Just a few more gentle pushes from me and this guy will explode with everything I need.
I see a bead of sweat pop out of his forehead and flop down his face like a melting slinky. Women don’t have to fall into a stereotype. There are many types of women and every effort is needed for a woman not to be seen just as a heifer or a cow. Some might say this is reflected in human society and the way that it regards women. A heifer is a piece of meat, merely a potential source of produce.
Cows are incredibly complex animals they form friendships and even fall in love, they experience fear, anger and can bear grudges.Ĭows are destined to be in a constant hormonal state, either pregnant or producing milk. If you want a good piece of meat, you need to go for the heifer because cows, having been destroyed by childbearing, do not a good steak make. The Cows By Dawn O'Porter: Book Extract Chapter:Ī fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of cattle, used as a source of milk or beef.Ī cow is officially the name given to a heifer when it has had a calf. The Cows is a zippy and hilarious book but it tackles some of the most serious issues that affect modern women today. Through strange (and sometimes unhappy) circumstances they become friends and enemies, their lives intertwining in the most unlikely of ways. One misjudged action can turn your life upside down – especially when that action becomes a viral sensation.ĭawn O’Porter’s first novel for adults puts trolling, motherhood, careers and women’s sexuality at the forefront as we meet three different women with almost opposing lives – single mother and documentary maker Tara, blogger Cam and grieving PA Stella.
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