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What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna
heidihaverkamp's review
4.0
A helpful book written in a fun, irreverent style, with lots of helpful scientific and historical information. It's very real, and sometimes feel a bit dire - "this all feels horrible!!!" She does not take a side on hormone therapy, which apparently is a fraught issue, she just shares information. There are lots of lists - symptoms, aggravating factors, ways to alleviate symptoms, etc. It did feel a bit long - I skimmed a lot. She shares a lot of her own experience too, as a non-gendered person, so the book is very inclusive of all kinds of bodies and hormonal backgrounds. I will probably be looking back on this book over the next ten (or twenty? Corinna cites data that some women take decades to go through these hormone changes!) years.
craftygoat's review
5.0
Trying to get prepared for the inevitable. Funny, body-positive & completely accepting of a wide variety of identities and circumstances. I will definitely keep this in mind as a reference.
the_pink_pharmacist's review against another edition
1.0
I listened to this audiobook and I think I would have probably liked it more, except it was a little bit more serious that what I needed around this topic.
I also struggled with the mispronounced medical terminology. It kind of ruined it for me as I work in the medical field.
I also struggled with the mispronounced medical terminology. It kind of ruined it for me as I work in the medical field.
90sinmyheart's review
5.0
I require this type of information (most types of information, in fact) with infinite levels of sardonocism and this book SERVES IT.