WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL ‘I am absurdly excited for this book’ Caroline Criado Perez

Praise for Mother of Invention ‘A book with a radical agenda … Marçal wants nothing less than a revolution in the way we think about ourselves.’ The Times ‘A smart, witty and fascinating warning from history. I loved this book.’ CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ, Bestselling Author of Invisible Women ‘wry and witty … it’s high time to put the needs of all people and the planet at the heart of invention.’ KATE RAWORTH, author of Doughnut Economics ‘This is an absolute must-read. Equal parts informative and infuriating.’ DR FERN RIDDELL, author of Sex: Lessons from History ‘From wheeled suitcases to witch trials, Katrine Marçal makes you look again at history in this funny, clever and provocative book’HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights ‘…Infuriating, but always thought-provoking and intriguing. A clearly-needed wake-up call to future innovators not to view the world through a narrowly gendered lens but to pay attention to the skills and lived experiences of all. ‘PROFESSOR GINA RIPPON – bestselling author of The Gendered Brain [Katrine] brilliantly proves how male-driven technology over the ages has limited full human development by neglecting a liberating female narrative and perspective.’ JAN ELIASSON, Former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN ‘Mother of Invention had me nodding along in emphatic agreement. To tackle the substantial problems ahead, we cannot afford to innovate with ‘one hand tied behind our backs.’ IRISH TIMES ‘This second book by the author of Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? is both bracing and highly entertaining. Marcal’s contention is that while women have been coming up with ingenious inventions since the beginning of time, they are routinely sidelined in a world geared to men.’ THE BOOKSELLER

• FEMINIST ECONOMICS: MOTHER OF INVENTION does for Economics what INVISIBLE WOMEN (36k) did for Data Science and THE GENDERED BRAIN (7k) did for Neuroscience. • SWEDISH BESTSELLER & RIGHTS FRENZY: Katrine’s frank and funny writing on feminism received a rapturous reception in her native Sweden, shooting to the top of the bestseller lists. Rights have been sold by Tracy Bohan to Doubleday Canada and Abrams Press in America. • SUPPORT FROM CRIADO PEREZ: Katrine is a close friend of CRIADO PEREZ who has already championed the book online and will do so upon publication. Competition: Invisible Women; The Gendered Brain; Men Who Hate Women; The Five; Three Women;Bloody Brilliant Women;Animal;Noise;Unwell Women. Hallie Rubenhold; Caroline Criado Perez; Gina Rippon; Daniel Kahneman; Michelle Obama; Lisa Taddeo; Florence Given;Matt Ridley;Helen Lewis;Pandora Sykes;Elinor Cleghorn