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What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna
irenest's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
sandylovesbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I did find some interesting information in this book but not really much else. It seemed the author was pretty pissed about their body's functioning. We all have something that we have an issue with within our bodies but to get mad at that doesn't seem to make sense. Not a whole lot people can do about these things. Just see a doctor and try different remedies. My only issue pretty much is, "why is it so damn hot in here!?
gwynne104's review against another edition
5.0
Learned SO much about the wide range of possibilities that lie ahead, what to be on the lookout for, what to stress about or not, and most importantly to be willing to try stuff to see what works for me. Will recommend and share with many friends and use it to begin conversations with my lady relatives to understand the experiences of older folks who share my genetics. Heather's writing is a festival of insight, scholarship synthesis, swears, and hilarious/brutal/vivid imagery, and the accompaniments of some exceptional cartoons and graphics had me cackling through my anxiety sweat. Will purchase a cooling pillow.
zoes_human's review against another edition
informative
5.0
Finally the menopause book we deserve and need: practical, down-to-earth, humorous, validating, and inclusive. I'm forever grateful to author Heather Corinna for their work on this. They lay out the all the practicalities in a straightforward and nonjudgemental manner. From social pressures to biological changes and the variety of these we can experience depending on our circumstances through to the intersectional nature of the experience, they explain the most current research and the variety of options available should you desire help through this phase of life.
sarnacle's review against another edition
It was returned to the library before I was able to finish. Will probably revisit in the future.
sam8834's review against another edition
funny
informative
3.5
One thing I've learned the hard way about having a uterus is that you really should read up on major changes the body encounters throughout life...before they happen. One could argue there's a little education that happens around puberty, and there are umpteen books about pregnancy and childbirth. But what about perimenopause and menopause? For a life change that can last a decade or more, there aren't many mainstream resources for this, outside of sitcom humor about it.
Enter Heather Corinna. I won't lie, this book bummed me out, lmao. There obviously isn't a lot to look forward to about going through perimenopause. But I'm one of those people who wants to know what's coming, so it felt like a necessary read. It was informative for me, a person who hasn't read much on the topic, though I did have questions that ultimately weren't answered. It's pretty inclusive of all uterus-having people, where most books on this aren't. Corinna's writing style didn't always feel cohesive to me, so it was often not smooth reading, and the format of the book was very clunky - breakout sections in the middle of chapters with no indication (a font change or heading) of it being a breakout section or aside...confusing but probably more the fault of the book designer than the author.
Enter Heather Corinna. I won't lie, this book bummed me out, lmao. There obviously isn't a lot to look forward to about going through perimenopause. But I'm one of those people who wants to know what's coming, so it felt like a necessary read. It was informative for me, a person who hasn't read much on the topic, though I did have questions that ultimately weren't answered. It's pretty inclusive of all uterus-having people, where most books on this aren't. Corinna's writing style didn't always feel cohesive to me, so it was often not smooth reading, and the format of the book was very clunky - breakout sections in the middle of chapters with no indication (a font change or heading) of it being a breakout section or aside...confusing but probably more the fault of the book designer than the author.