Cat Kettle

Cat Kettle is one of the Kettle triplets: the novel’s three central characters. Cat is arguably the main protagonist in the novel as it was her breakup with Dan that triggered the events of the novel and the author chose to end the story by focusing on Cat taking steps to start her love life again. During the course of the novel Cat’s whole life fell apart: her husband left her for a younger woman, she had a miscarriage, her sister Gemma changed her mind about letting Cat adopt her baby, and Cat began a brand new career from scratch. Cat’s life began to improve when she stopped being aggressive towards Dan and his new partner Angela and started focusing her energy on rebuilding her own life.

One of the novel’s major themes is Family Roles, which is explored by the author through...